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What do you think of Clelia?

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Lorsee · 27/02/2011 23:56

What do you think of Clelia as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

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Clelia · 19/06/2011 23:50

My name is Clelia and I love it! :)
In France, it's not really comment but people love it!
Usually, girls named Clelia love their name ;)

Mum2Pea · 15/04/2011 10:21

sorry, dont like it at all!

burntsienna · 15/04/2011 10:11

I remember it from the Drabble book too, but have never met it since.

To me it sounds like somebody attempting to eat their third cream cracker.

cat64 · 15/04/2011 00:44

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emeraldislander · 15/04/2011 00:08

actress on soap opera in Ireland called Clelia Murphy.

clelia123 · 14/04/2011 22:03

my name is clelia and even though im 22 and have had 22 years you get used to it, most people cant!! im sick to death of people calling me claire lea or claira etc. and its not as easy to say as people think lol.i like the idea of being near enough the only person in the uk to be called this but that is also i bad thing if you like it go for it but if i could of picked my own name i wouldnt of chosen this one

JojoMags · 28/02/2011 19:11

Agree it looks like a typo, at best, and a fungal infection/STD ar worst. Sorry.

pointydog · 28/02/2011 19:02

It's a bad 'un

SilkStalkings · 28/02/2011 18:59

I assume that the oe in Cloelia is meant to be joined so it wouldn't be pronounced Chlo-ee-lia but Cleelia.
Too much like cloaca imo (birds only have one hole for eggs and poo = the cloaca) and chlamydia.

MadamDeathstare · 28/02/2011 18:08

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WhatSheSaid · 28/02/2011 18:05

The one in the Millstone was called Rosamund. And the character Clelia in Jerusalem the Golden had two sisters - Annunciata and Amelia. They were probably both as unusual as Clelia at the time! Good book, I love old Margaret Drabble books.

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Lorsee · 28/02/2011 14:40

Yes I agree it is nice, but Renault Clio spoils it for me. Darn car manufacturers!

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kerala · 28/02/2011 14:31

Cleo is nice?

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Lorsee · 28/02/2011 13:45

Glad you like the name. Apparently the character, Clelia was in Drabble's Jerusalem the Golden:

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/womenwriters/drabble_work.shtml

I'll have to read the book before making any decisions!

Apparently the French version of the name, Clélie is likely to gain in popularity in France because like us they're reviving their (great) grandparents' names.

Anyway. Thanks again for all your responses.

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Isla77 · 28/02/2011 12:46

Love the name Clelia ever since I read the Margaret Drabble book. Certainly not a mi-spelling or made up.

meditrina · 28/02/2011 10:30

Like Whatshesaid, I'd think of the character in The Millstone.

I like the name.

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Lorsee · 28/02/2011 10:28

Thanks for your honest opinions! Yes I did add the name to the baby name finder but the name certainly exists.

I have to say the medical associations of Clelia were lurking in my mind before I asked the question, so I wanted to check it wasn't just me :)

I quite like Cloelia, and the French version, which is Clélie (DH is French so maybe, although it does sound a bit like Kelly). Yes, TotallyUnheardOf, the reason I like it is because it was the name of an ancient Roman heroine. No-one's really heard of her though so there shouldn't be too much pressure to live up to it...

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WhatSheSaid · 28/02/2011 07:35

Even if the OP did add it on to the Baby name finder, I have heard of it before. There is a character in a 1960's Margaret Drabble novel called Clelia.

I agree though that lots of people would think it was some other name misspelt/mispronounced.

PepsiPopcorn · 28/02/2011 06:59

Looks like a typo. How about Cecilia?

Jacksmania · 28/02/2011 03:42

Sorry, but Cloelia sounds like an upscale brand of toilet bowl cleaner to me :o

MadamDeathstare · 28/02/2011 03:00

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K8ster · 28/02/2011 02:58

I dont mean to sound horrible but it sounds like the name of a contraceptive pill...I think you could find a better name

DelicateFluffyBunny · 28/02/2011 02:16

It's only listed on the baby name finder as you added it there, OP.

Janoschi · 28/02/2011 01:28

Thank you Thumbwitch! I'll try again to have Cleis reintroduced as a middle name, now that I have Official Backing

I guessed Cloelia maybe had the same 'oe' sounds as Phoebe, making it sound the same as Clelia...? But if I saw it written down somewhere I'd probably automatically assume Clo-eelia or Clo-ellia....

I imagine folk would get used. My name is very weird (short and Welsh) but to be honest it's been really handy career-wise because people remember me amongst all the Emmas and Claires. I'm a freelancer so rely on my name being passed around via word of mouth. This counteracts the irritation of weird spellings and pronunciations.

nooka · 28/02/2011 01:16

Looks like a typo to me too, and a bit of a tongue twister to boot. I assume it's a hard c at he beginning, so the 'cl' is like click? It doesn't sound very nice to me to be honest. I quite like Cloelia though, but I'm imagining it pronounced like Floella, which might not be right at all.

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