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I love Ottoline! She is indeed very charming, light and bouncy.

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You have some amazing combos- My favourites are:

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Ottoline Beatrice, Ottoline Bertha (Bertha!), Ottoline Daisy (darling), Ottoline Dora (even more so), Ottoline Flora, Ottoline Frances, Ottoline Margot, Ottoline Primrose. Although there are quite a few more that I like too.

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I think that small and down-to-earth Frances goes the best with Ottoline.

Ottoline is my #2 name! It reminds me of Ottoline Morrell and as such, strikes me as an engaging, kind and creative woman. From your combos, my favorites are:

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Ottoline Blythe
Ottoline Cecilia
Ottoline Clare
Ottoline Cora
Ottoline Daisy
Ottoline Elsa
Ottoline Flora
Ottoline Frances
Ottoline Genevra
Ottoline Iris
Ottoline Lucrece
Ottoline Lucy
Ottoline Martha
Ottoline Mary
Ottoline Mathilde
Ottoline Pearl
Ottoline Primrose
Ottoline Susanna

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Sorry I can't narrow it down much more than that!

This message was edited 1/8/2009, 11:02 AM

Ottoline makes me think of an otter. As name associations go, this one is very strong; Ottoline is, unequivocally, a brown river otter.

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HOWEVER. I like the name Ottoline. I don't see it ever working for me in practice, not if I can't get over that otter thing, but I think it is so fun to play with and it really does appeal to my tastes.

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You have a lot of really great combos here, but my favorites are Ottoline Adele, Ottoline Cordelia, Ottoline Florence, and Ottoline Primrose. I'm especially fond of Ottoline Cordelia and Ottoline Primrose...gorgeous!

Ottoline is gorgeous!

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I love it, and my fav. combo is Ottoline Frances. I think Ottilie is a cute nickname.

I have a soft spot for feminine, Odo-related names, like Odile, Odilia, Odetta (swan lake), Ottilia and yes, Ottoline. The last name is especially wonderful, because as a person who lives in Finnland (and here the name Otto is very popular) it looks like a very odd feminization of Otto. Like Balthazarine. :) Very sweet, friendly and kinda strong name.

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Ohh, how many brilliant combos! I think I won't have the energy to comment on each of these, so I'll just pick my favourites. Do you say AW-taw-leen, AW-taw-lien or aw-taw-LEEN? For example Ottoline Dorothea is flawless pronounced aw-taw-LEEN daw-raw-TE-ah, but by actually any other pronunciation it will get somewhat problematic. I guess the most "normal" pronunciation by an English-speaker is AW-taw-leen, so my favourites are marked from this perspective.

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Ottoline Bertha, Ottoline Blanche (how eye-catching!), Ottoline Cora (maybe a little dry, but still wonderful), Ottoline Elsa (so romantic and shining), Ottoline Erma, Ottoline Eustacia (the rhythm is good), Ottoline Flora, Ottoline Frances (Ohh, so old-British), Ottoline Hesper, Ottoline Margot (I find this delicious).

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Ottoline is a very pretty name. Surprisingly unpretentious.
I think of a very kind and intelligent young woman.

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Ottoline Adele
Ottoline Beatrice
Ottoline Blanche
Ottoline Blythe
Ottoline Cecilia
Ottoline Clare
Ottoline Cordelia
Ottoline Dorothea
Ottoline Drusilla
Ottoline Elsa
Ottoline Estella
Ottoline Estelle
Ottoline Ethel
Ottoline Eudora
Ottoline Eustacia
Ottoline Flora
Ottoline Florence
Ottoline Frances
Ottoline Genevra
Ottoline Ginevra
Ottoline Giorgia
Ottoline Iris
Ottoline Lenore
Ottoline Lucille
Ottoline Lucrece
Ottoline Lucy

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I think Ottoline is pretty.

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I like Ottoline Audrey and Ottoline Lucy.

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Ottoline Bianca randomly popped into my head. I kind of like it! I forget what Tippins liked with Ottoline, but if she were still here I expect she'd have a lot to say about it. :)

Ottoline is alright, but I don't love it.

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I think these combos sound nice:

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Ottoline Adele
Ottoline Cecilia
Ottoline Clare
Ottoline Cora
Ottoline Daisy
Ottoline Elsa
Ottoline Estelle
Ottoline Iris
Ottoline Lucille
Ottoline Margaret
Ottoline Mary
Ottoline Mathilde
Ottoline Pearl
Ottoline Virginia

It's charming. I like Ottoline Elsa and Ottoline Cecily best. Otto is the name of my turtle :P and Elsa is my great grandma's, my grandma's, my mom's and one of my middle names :P

Ottoline Lucille sounds best.
I don't particularly like this name, nor do I particularly hate it. Because it's quite interesting and unusual, I think it would be quite good for a character in a story. It brings to mind a woman in her thirties, quite well-born, moral and a little bit stuck-up, but well-intentioned.

uhhhhhh.... I think that's better left as a GP... It sounds like car company lingo when you say it out loud...