What are your opinions on [name]Ottilie[/name]? It’s vintage, feminine but not frilly ([name]IMO[/name]), made it onto [name]Abby[/name]'s [name]Hermione[/name] list, and begins with an O! I like its international flavor, and how it looks. [name]Ottoline[/name] Morrell is an interesting namesake, too!
Cons; It’s quite rare, and is probably not recognizable at first introduction. I would imagine an [name]Ottilie[/name] would need to qualify her name a lot, and spell it out. Is that the final straw for anyone?
There is [name]Odette[/name], [name]Odile[/name], [name]Ottiline[/name], and other variations, but [name]Ottilie[/name] has a distinct charm.
The only place I’ve seen it is in the Telegraph, probably because of the faint French flavor it has. (Also, [name]Rowan[/name] of Eponymia has an [name]Ottilie[/name]!)
My great grandmother’s name was [name]Ottilie[/name]. She was [name]German[/name] and said it the [name]German[/name] way (oht-till-ee-uh – oht rhymes with bought) It’s said differently in different laguages. I know here in the US I think it’s commonly said oh-till-ee. In French it’s oh-tee-lee and in Dutch it’s oat-till-ee. Why way are you saying it? Here’s a page with all the pronunciations: Ottilie pronunciation: How to pronounce Ottilie in German, English, French, Dutch
Anyway though, I like it. I think it’s a little cutesy, but still solid. I wish it were used more. I prefer the [name]German[/name] pronunciation for the personal connection, but I also don’t mind the English way.
[name]Love[/name] love [name]Ottilie[/name], oht-til-lee for my pronunciation. I have loved it since I was a little girl and watched the show [name]Rupert[/name] on YTV, his friend who was an Otter, was named [name]Ottilie[/name]. I would use it in a heart beat if it sounded better with our last name
I’m not crazy about [name]Ottilie[/name], but I do love the nn [name]Tilly[/name] for it! I think it would be a refreshing choice although I would much more expect to find it on a daughter of a friend rather than an actual friend’s name–mainly because it seems like more people are searching for unknown names now than when I was born, if that makes sense. Then again, it’s rare for me to know someone my age with a rarer first name–most of my acquaintances are [name]Ashley[/name], [name]Sarah[/name], [name]Jessica[/name], [name]Jennifer[/name], [name]Rachel[/name], [name]Becca[/name], [name]Amanda[/name], etc. I’ve always said it like aw-till-ee.
I prefer the aforementioned [name]Odette[/name], though–she’s one of my very favorites and I am about 90% sure I would swoon if I met an [name]Odette[/name] of any age.
It reminds me of the [name]Peter[/name] [name]Paul[/name] and [name]Mary[/name] song puff he magic dragon, since the dragon lived in a land called Honah [name]Lee[/name], which sounds similar when you hear the song ><
I’m not a fan of it. I think it’s because I just don’t like how it’s said/how it sounds… Maybe I’m pronouncing it wrong, but I find it very awkward to say awt-till-ee aloud?
My husbands Great-grandmother was [name]German[/name] and also named [name]Ottilie[/name] and we are thinking about using this name for our daughter. We presently live in [name]France[/name] and I do love all the international variations and pronunciations as well.
I don’t care for it in French or English, there have been less than 300 ottilies in [name]France[/name] since 1900 so I’m beginning to think of this as a [name]German[/name] name more than French but that’s probably beside the point. If you like French names I think ombeline is similar in style and much easier to prn in the states. If you’re in [name]France[/name] it might be too popular for you if that sort of thing matters to you.
I’m in the States. I will check out Ombeline…is it ohm-be-line?
I’m wondering at this point if a) it will be recognizable as a name and b) if it is worth the probably pronunciation issues.
Someone also mentioned a study citing that people with names that are not easy to pronounce will get bypassed in favor of names that are. There must be some truth to this. Is [name]Ottilie[/name] one of those too-hard-to-pronounce names?
I say it [name]OTT[/name]-ill-ee but I also like the [name]German[/name] pronunciation, even though it is less intuitive.
