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Otis
I recently learned that this is my brother's favorite name. WDYT? I don't know if I personally would use it but it does have a soft place in my heart as I tend to like names that are recognizable but aren't overly popular. (For the record, Otis would probably never be used as my sil doesn't like it.)

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I love Otto, but Otis makes me think "elevator."
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I like it. I can think of several characters in movies with the name (and of course the wonderful Otis Redding), like Milo & Otis and Because of Winn-Dixie, which were already mentioned. It was also the name of Jason Ritter's character in Happy Endings, which made me take notice most recently. It's one of those wonderful old-fashioned old-man names I LOVE. I'd adore to see a sibset of brothers named Gus, Otis, & Jed or somesuch. :b ETA: I also really like Otto, from which Otis is derived. But there's the 'auto' and 'otter' associations, and particularly the Simpsons' character that all kind of put me off it a bit. :-/
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This message was edited 6/10/2006, 9:24 AM

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Otis is wonderful name...its a funny little name (in a good way) generally associated with the american south and with black folks. (possible england? i dont know about that) My friend named her blond, blue eyed son Otis and its very cool. Its got style
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I love Otis! It's very cute but it could definetely age well. It's a wonderful name! *Adds it to list*
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It's a cute name, and I have a soft spot for it too. There was a great character in the book/movie Because of Winn-Dixie named Otis and that is my first thought upon hearing the name. I think it'd be a good pet name, but I still haven't sorted out whether or not I'd ever use it on a child.
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it is one of my top boys names and if we have another boy he will be Otis or Jethro, i love it!!!
and there aren' many about.
And i think it sounds good with my kids (Iris, Eli and Pearl)
and it is just brilliantlove Clara x x
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Oh wow, your children have gorgeous names!
Julia Keelan"I don't mean to be rude-" he began in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable.
"-yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often."
~ From Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. Vernon Dursley to Albus Dumbledore.
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Makes me think of late singer Otis Redding - I love his song "These Arms Of Mine." :-)
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i had a cat named otis, so i couldn't name a child that :P
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It makes me think of Otis Spunkmeyer (that was the name, right?)! Fantastic cookies with an absurdly high amount of calories. That's what I'd think of if I met a little Otis.. cookies. Good or bad, you decide ;)--
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This message was edited 6/9/2006, 10:39 PM

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I forgot about that. Not a bad association, though. You could have brothers named Otis & Amos! (Famous Amos makes cookies, too. LOL.)
~Heather~"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
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ooh yes, otis spunkmeyer muffins! ahh the goodness!
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I like it. I think it's a cute name! it reminds me of a disney movie "Milo and Otis"! :)
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I think it's very cool, honestly. :) I think of Dave Matthews' character in Because of Winn-Dixie before anything else. (Which is weird, because I saw it on the plane back from Germany last summer and kind of half-watched it. But the image of him sitting in the pet store stuck with me.) After him, I think of Milo and Otis--and who doesn't love that movie?--and then of Otis Redding (and who doesn't love Otis Redding?). And then I think of Otis-and-Faye, who were/are (Otis died recently) friends of my grandparents. :)It's a name that could totally fit in today; there's something intensely cool about it to me. It's like Otis is just inherently jazzy to me, for whatever reason. Too bad his wife dislikes it.Array

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If it weren't for Otis Campbell, the town drunk, I'm sureI'd like it, since I love Otto, Amos, Emmett, etc. I just can't get over the character, though.
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lol, I completely forgot about THAT OtisWhen I think of an Otis I always think of Otis Redding, much better association imo.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
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