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[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

So Ottilie as a middle name....too weird?  Found out we are having a girl, third and last kid.  my other two kids (boys) both accidentally have "O" middle names so we thought we would continue it with the last kid.  But "O" names are few and far between.  We both love Olive but my middle kid's middle name (whew, that was a mouthful) is Oliver.  My nieces' name is Olivia.  So that would be too much. If this third kid had been a boy his name would have been Otto.  We just discovered Ottilie last night on nameberry.com.

so Matilda Ottilie B_____.   Too weird?  I mean it IS just a middle name.

She will join big brothers Oscar Owen (my maiden name) B_______ and Harvey Oliver B_______.

Comments

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

I actually think that's quite cute! I think it would flow nicely with a last name that was 1 or 2 syllables long, but would probably be a bit much with anything longer than that given that the first and middle names both have 3 syllables.

[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

Our last name is one syllable; that's a big reason why it's growing on me!

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

Also, I really love the names you gave your two boys as well. I think Matilda Ottilie will fit in nicely with Oscar Owen and Harvey Oliver as a sibset!

[ladydreamfire.livejournal.com]

I agree. I think it's terribly cute! Good pick! :)

[pirahan.livejournal.com]

What about Odette?

[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

I don't know why but I just don't like names ending in "ette". My MIL is a big proponent of Antoinette and I think that might be a reason why :)

[annika-j.livejournal.com]

I like it, but what about Orla?

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

Orla would go nicely with the sibset, since it seems like the OP prefers Irish names.

[annika-j.livejournal.com]

I have a little boy named Finnian, and am a week overdue with what will probably be an Orla (unless she looks completely different!)

Orna is another option.

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure... I've nevber heard of it before.

I think you have other O options: What about Opal? Onie? Oakley? October, even.

[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

Opal was vetoed by the husband. Not sure about the rest.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I think it's adorable. What about Ophelie/Ophelia?

[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

Man i feel like i'm being so damn picky here, but that's how we have both been with the 'O' names so far! Not a big fan of Ophelia. my SIL's mean cat's name is Ophelia. I am so glad this is the last of the name game in my family :)

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you don't want to name after a mean cat.;) What about Olida? It's a French name that I've heard recently.

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

I know you've received lots of suggestions, and I really like Ottilie, but I couldn't help but throw in another suggestion: Odessa. I'm not usually a fan of "place" names but I just love that one!

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

Hm. I've never heard Ottilie before. I'm neutral on it, honestly. Wouldn't use it, but don't dislike it or see how it might cause your kid problems. How about Olympe?

[hibiscus-hedge.livejournal.com]

I love it. They both mean something akin to "battle maiden" don't they?

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of the name of Ottilie until recently, so it's a bit odd to me, but it's cute. Other "O" possibilities:

Oceane (sometimes with an accent on the first "e"; popular in France and Belgium)
Ophelia
Olympia
Olga
Odette/Odetta
Octavia
Oksana
Oriana (Latin, meaning "dawn, sunrise"; also Irish, meaning "golden")
Oriel (Latin, meaning "fire"; also French, meaning "golden; angel of destiny")

[sweetserenity71.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of Ottilie either, but to me I guess it seems a bit redundant -- I think it's the "til" in both of the names.

Other O names that come to mind:

Odessa
Oriana
Olesia
Orlena
Octavia
Oakley
Olearia
Oleta

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

I love Ottilie (prefer Othilie spelling-wise though) and although I am totally for it being used since it's not something you hear every day, I don't really like it paired with Matilda. I just think they sound a bit too similar to each other.

[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

I know! I brought that up with my husband last night (the fact that they sounds so familiar) and he said, "Well look at Harvey's name." and I was like, "Hmmm...." he is so right there. Matilda Ottilie/Harvey Oliver. We kind of accidentally did the same thing to that poor kid.

[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

It WOULD however be easy on the nickname. We are going to call her Tillie and then we can call her Tillie Tillie B_____ (joke). My husband wanted the middle name to be Hattie and the nickname Mattie. so it would be Mattie Hattie. Poor kid.

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

I know that Missouri* accents don't have the same difficulties with Ts as Colorado accents, but I just want to throw it out there that in Colorado (and probably a few of the areas around Colorado) that would be pronounced Maddie Hattie ('Haddie,' really, but everyone would understand it as Hattie in a way that they wouldn't understand Maddie as Mattie.). You'd be setting your kid up for a lot of bad Mad Hatter jokes if you or she ever moved.


*I'm a creeper okay.

[pickleshmickle.livejournal.com]

HAHA! love that. and i really really really HOPE that he was just joking. or else we would be having some major issues in this household :)

[pixie-bones.livejournal.com]

I find it a little odd, but also kind of cute, lol... ^^

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I think Odette is nice.

Other possible are Orla, Oleander (since you like Olive), OIinda, Ora, or Ozara.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I don't care for the "til" in Matilda and Ottilie, it makes them a little matchy for my taste.

[pyrokitten77.livejournal.com]

I saw a movie a little while ago called "Ondine". Pronounced like On-deen.