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Clementine?

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pollywolfff · 11/02/2019 19:12

Is clementine a good name? i love it but am worried others will consider it weird im naming a kid after fruit. I also like the idea of minerva (minnie for short). What are your opinions on these names? any suggestions accepted too

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Newyearsameoldshit · 11/02/2019 20:14

I love both!

RaeCJ82 · 11/02/2019 20:03

I really like Clementine. Minerva sounds like a contraceptive...!

stepup123 · 11/02/2019 19:51

Clementine is lovely - Minnie not so. Sorry op!

lljkk · 11/02/2019 19:48

Minerva is great.
Clementine... omg, please don't.

WonderlandBride · 11/02/2019 19:38

@Lightbee I cane here to say that too, and now it's stuck in my head and will be blasting from Spotify as soon as the baby is asleep.

I love the name OP. I've never met a clementine, but it's beautiful. X

GemmeFatale · 11/02/2019 19:37

Love Clementine.

If bump was a girl it would be on the list.

Lightbee · 11/02/2019 19:35

I think of Mark Owen’s Clementine when I hear it.

It’s a lovely name

drumandthebass · 11/02/2019 19:31

Love it

flamethrower123 · 11/02/2019 19:27

I have a Clementine and I love the name.
The name came before the fruit, father Clement Rodier found the species of fruit that later became Clementine after his name.
The name means merciful, gentle, kind.
My little girl is called Clem, Clemmie, Clementine by her friends and she loves her name.
I like it because everyone has heard of the name but few people have it.

BlueMerchant · 11/02/2019 19:27

Think Clementine is lovely. Personally don't like Minerva at all.

LeadMeToTheChocolate · 11/02/2019 19:25

Love Clementine!

MrsMuffins · 11/02/2019 19:24

I LOVE Clementine, but I’m not sure I’d be brave enough to use it - we get enough raised eyebrows at DS’s name, which isn’t even that unusual. I also love Clemency - might that be an option?

ReaganSomerset · 11/02/2019 19:23

it would probably be shortened

Fair point. I'd try to steer towards Tinie or Minty rather than Clem/Clemmie (phlegm, phlegmy).

Yogagirl123 · 11/02/2019 19:19

I like it, but it would probably be shortened.

DramaAlpaca · 11/02/2019 19:17

I love Clementine, it's beautiful.

I'm not so keen on Minerva & really dislike Minnie.

ReaganSomerset · 11/02/2019 19:16

Read the words to 'my darling Clementine'. It's a hideous song. She drowns and her father then kills himself.

Put me off, that's for sure.

percheron67 · 11/02/2019 19:14

Minerva is great. Not Clementine though unless you want people singing "Oh my Darling …………………" when she enters a room.

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