Respondents: 34 (This poll is closed)
I’m not sure what [name]Ottilie[/name]'s history is… perhaps it has a legitimate history. But the name [name]Ottilie[/name] definitely sounds made up to me. That aside, I actually think it’s a pretty cute name. It’s just the “made up” feel puts me off it a lot. [name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Jade[/name] is nice.
I don’t know about the name. I know that there is a woman who does a name blog online with a daughter named [name]Ottilie[/name]. [name]Otto[/name] is a family name but I had never seen this name before. It is definitely different and may confuse a lot of people in real life. The pronunciation was confusing for me until I went on Forvo.
It is a cute name and won’t be the hardest name to live with.
I voted ugly but I don’t really feel that way, I just don’t care for it and I think the prn gets butchered by English speakers, which isn’t their fault but I imagine people are going to say “oh till ee”, “oh tuh lee” “ah tilly” so depending on where you are I’m not sure how usable it is.
Sorry but I absolutely hate it.
It sounds like oddly or hotly or otter-lee to me, which just is not a pleasant sound.
It might fly in some areas though, it’s just totally not my style and would be seen as super strange in my neck of the woods.
i’m going to come in and say I really like it. My [name]German[/name] Grandmother was [name]Ottilie[/name] but there’s some issues with pronunciation depending on where you are in the world. There’s a French, [name]German[/name], American, Dutch, and something else kind of pronunciations and they’re all different. Here in the US it’s said oh-till-ee, but I prefer the [name]German[/name] pronunciation awt-teel-ee-eh.
[name]How[/name] do you say it?
Well, the picture in my head is of a very skinny, stern [name]German[/name] mistress of an orphanage. But that’s awfully specific. I wouldn’t tell someone not to use it (it’s a real name!), it’s just nms.
@dantea [name]How[/name] do you say it?
Well I’m not 100% sure about the pronunciation yet but I pronounce it -OT teh lee. OT rhyming with “got” and -teh lee said like Tilly.
Idk about outside of the US but there’s a history of it being used in the USA in the late 1800s - early 1900s. It broke the top 1000s quite a few times. You could look it up on - babynamesworld.com
The way you say it is like a mix of the typical US pronunciation ( oh-till-ee) and the [name]German[/name] (ot-teel-ee-uh)
I had a [name]German[/name] grandmother named [name]Ottilie[/name] so I say it the [name]German[/name] way – ot-teel-ee-uh – ot rhymes with Got like with yours.
You pronunciation is a mix of the typical US pronunciation I’ve heard (oh-till-ee) and the [name]German[/name] (ot-teel-ee-uh)
I’ve lived with the [name]German[/name] pronunciation from my grandmother my whole life so I say it ot-teel-ee-uh.
ot rhymes with got.
You pronunciation is a mix of the US pronunciation I’ve heard (oh-till-ee) and the [name]German[/name] (ot-teel-ee-uh)
I’ve lived with the [name]German[/name] pronunciation from my grandmother my whole life so I say it ot-teel-ee-uh.
ot rhymes with got.
I admit it. I voted hate it. Although thats probably a strong word. If there was a “definitely NMS” option I would’ve went with that instead.