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Edgar Otto

36 replies

pygmy · 02/08/2013 11:30

Nice or not nice?

I like both Ed and Eddie as nicknames.

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hatsybatsy · 02/08/2013 11:39

not nice.

edward - i like

edmund - is ok

edwin - but too frilly

edgar - just very harsh and old-manish

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Littlecherublegs · 02/08/2013 11:40

Not nice.

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night1971 · 02/08/2013 11:58

Very very nice. People just aren't familiar with it. Great name! A superb name for a little boy and a man. If you love it, go for it!

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rowtunda · 02/08/2013 12:02

Nice - much better than boring Edward.

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Ihatepeas · 02/08/2013 12:49

I really like it!!

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Teamjavert · 02/08/2013 13:35

I love Ottoman,but I don't like Edgar at all.

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Teamjavert · 02/08/2013 13:35

Otto,not Ottoman. Bloody autocorrect.

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JazzAnnNonMouse · 02/08/2013 13:43

Otto is cool. Edgar is awful

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JoniR · 02/08/2013 14:23

I think that's an awesome name. Wish I'd thought of it.

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Onesleeptillwembley · 02/08/2013 14:24

Not nice. Edgar is not attractive, doesn't gonwith Otto, which is not a nice bame either.

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nemno · 02/08/2013 14:26

Nice

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dyslexicdespot · 02/08/2013 14:26

Both are very nice.

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LazyMonkeyButler · 02/08/2013 14:27

Oh dear, Edgar is awful - sorry. Otto is fine, but reminds me of the school bus driver in the Simpsons.

Having said that, we met a 3 year old Edwin on holiday recently and he was a very sweet little thing which did make the name grow on me over the week. Maybe meeting an Edgar would work in the same way?

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Timpani · 02/08/2013 16:42

I love Edgar!! And tbh it's what you love that matters right? I've given DS1 a very marmite name and I'm sure a few people turned up their noses but no one has really said to my face "ugh, that's awful" or anything.

I would call DS2 (if it's a DS) but it really doesn't go with our surname. I love Edward too!

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KateCroydon · 02/08/2013 21:19

awful awful awful.

Mind you, I quite like Tyler...

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Capitola · 02/08/2013 21:22

I love them both, but would go with Otto as a first name.

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LegArmpits · 02/08/2013 21:23

Love love love them both, but I think they run better the other way around.

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Ikeameatballs · 02/08/2013 21:24

I much prefer Otto to Edgar which I really don't like. I also don't think that they work together, they tend to run into each other and are stylistically very different.

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sonlypuppyfat · 02/08/2013 21:29

Words fail me

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Rhubarbgarden · 02/08/2013 23:29

I love Edgar. It was my second choice for ds. I like Otto too.

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kiwik · 03/08/2013 01:08

Love it.
Edgar is great - strong, and different to the more usual Edward, which is a bit overused.
I adore the name Otto, but DH didn't, so I had to call the cat Otto.

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almapudden · 03/08/2013 04:54

Love it.

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williaminajetfighter · 03/08/2013 05:13

Edgar Allen Poe. Can't go wrong...

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Layl77 · 03/08/2013 05:42

Edgar Otto sounds like there's 'rot' in there somewhere. Both fine but not together

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