Clorinda?

[NotChristmasCarol]

Sorry - I feel like I've already leaned on your patience about 500 times so far but I'm still thrashing around with names (no DH/DP so I've got no-one but you lot to test things out before braving a wider crowd).

I've always said I wanted a name for DD2 that ends in an "ee" or really anything other than an "a". And I want something unusual but not awkward to pronounce or spell.

The middle name will definitely be Joy (family name)

To date, I'd narrowed it down to:

Xanthe Joy

Claudine Joy

Vivienne Joy

Fabienne Joy

And then last night.... I thought:

Clorinda Joy



Thoughts please???

[RubberNeckerNicker]

I prefer any of your others than Clorinda - sounds a bit like something you clean the bath with.

Vivienne is particularly lovely.

[rubyslippers]

Horrid

Sorry

Claudine and Vivienne are lovely IMO

[IHeartKingThistle]

The others are all lovely. Nuff said!

[jkklpu]

agree with Rubber

[HollyGoHeavily]

It doesn't sound very nice to my ears - but I can't put my finger on why!

I think Vivienne Joy is lovely.

[MadBusLady]

Sorry, I'm with Rubber too. Love all the rest, I'd be hard put to choose.

[MadBusLady]

Clotilde might be nice if you like "Clo" names. Though I guess you are slightly asking for "Clot" as a nickname.

[BeaLola]

Sorry but I do not like it - I think it soumds like something medicinal (?)

Of the others I particularly like Vivienne - I met a lady once with a Vivienne for a daughter & all her little friends called her Vivi which sounded lovely.

[NotChristmasCarol]

Well it's good to get clear feedback - thank you!!

I think I will consign Clorinda to the "strange-hormone-induced-thoughts-at-3am-not-to-be-taken-further-during-daylight-hours" category.....

[YouMayLogOut]

Xanthe Joy is lovely, definitely my favourite from your list.

Clorinda is too chlorine-y. I think that's why it sounds like a cleaning product. How about Coralie?

[squoosh]

Clorinda sounds like a rare type of fungus that grows on scabs.

Sorry.

[squoosh]

I love Fabienne and Vivienne though!

[scootle]

Clorinda is not a great name. I am sure it appeared in some really old romantic novel with the line 'I have been faithful to you, Clorinda, in my fashion'.

[shoppingtrolley]

Fabienne is great!
Clorinda is dreadful.

[MolotovBomb]

What immediately springs to mind for me is both 1) Caulinder (spelling?) and 2) Cauliflower. I'm not keen.

I do like Vivienne it Claudine from your list, though :)

[DawnOfTheDee]

Xanthe is lovely as is Vivienne.

Not keen on Fabienne or Clorinda.

[Smize]

How about Florinda? Very similar but much prettier.

[DontCallMeMummyPig]

What about Joy as a first name? Beautiful!

[NotChristmasCarol]

Oh Smize I really like Florinda! Thank you! (or rather, grrrr - that's another one for the short list )

Whimsy - I like Emmeline but the "did you say Emily" would drive me crazy. I also like Marianna and Georgianna, but they're not quite for me

MummyPig - Joy is my (very much alive) DGMs name so I prefer it as a middle name

Thanks to everyone

[lucysnowe]

Clorinda sounds a bit like a Saki character, if that's what you're going for :-)

[Narked]

'I will consign Clorinda to "strange-hormone-induced-thoughts-at-3am-not-to-be-taken-further-during-daylight-hours"

We should have a thread of those

[GoSakuramachi]

Florinda is also hideous, sounds like a skin growth you get between your toes.

[Ephiny]

I like Claudine best.

Clorinda is a bit cleaning-product to me as well, and Florinda is awful, sorry. Clarissa or Miranda, maybe.