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Otto
What are your thoughts on Otto, and what middle names would you pair with it?masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
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I honestly never cared for it, both in look and especially in sound. The car company 'Auto Zone' immediately comes to mind and of some random stoner guy, likely influenced by the Simpson's. :S I'm not even sorry. It also sounds like something one might name their dog or maybe their cat.
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Boys’ names ending in -o have never been my thing, but it seems like they’re everywhere now. I know an Otto, an Arlo and a Milo in real life, and I don’t even know that many kids. There’s something a little juvenile and lacking in seriousness about them for me. Maybe because they’ve got a long history as pet names or because they sound like board games. Otto escape this a bit by having more historical context than most, but it’s still not my favourite. In my accent it sounds exactly like “auto”. Not saying that’s a negative or a positive, but it is a thing.
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I like it.
Otto George
Otto Hayes
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I’ve always had a soft spot for it - I think it’s cute (not overly so) and underused. If I come up with ideas for mns, I’ll edit this message!
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Otto von Bismarck is my first thought. My second thought is of a random German soldier that never seems to have a clue and is refered to by his compatriots as "poor Otto."I imagine Otto as having an oldfashioned middle name.
Otto Reginald
Otto Sebastian
Otto Frederick Johannes
Otto Gustav
Otto Joseph Wolfgang

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I don't like it
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It means “eight “ in my native language and I can’t get past that. It’s also very stereotypically German, the name a Nazi or Prussian officer would have.
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