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If I like the name Clementine..

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GiggyThePomeranian · 27/09/2020 22:22

What other names would you suggest? DD3 due in December and we are completely stumped. Also like the name Josephine and DH likes Eleanora but says Clementine is 'too much'. Our last name is one syllable if that makes a difference.

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LittleTiger007 · 30/09/2020 08:59

I love the name Clementine. Remind your DH that it will likely be shortened to Clemmie or Clem. Or how about Clemency?

bridgetreilly · 28/09/2020 13:34

Papaya
Guava
Pomegranate
Peach
Apple

Edenember · 28/09/2020 13:30

Adeline
Adelaide
Evangeline
Madeleine
Clarabel
Mariette
Marianne

Flymetothestars · 28/09/2020 12:37

Roxanne or Roxanna nickname Roxy Rox

Emmylou292 · 28/09/2020 11:37

I love Clementine. That was on one of my shortlists.
I also really like Pollyanna, Rosanna, Genevieve and Clarissa.

Enko · 28/09/2020 09:59

is it that your op feels that Clemmentine with a short name for dd1 is to hard to comprehend together? Say Dd1 is Britt and he feels Britt and Clementine just sounds off?

If so I would look at shorter names you like

Or consider Clementina nm Tina perhaps he will go for Britt and Tina

Imissmoominmama · 28/09/2020 09:30

I hadn’t heard the name Merryn before- it’s lovely!

Auto · 28/09/2020 09:27

Cassia
Coralie
Caroline
Naomi
Rosalind
Xanthe
Elspeth
Louisa

user1493494961 · 28/09/2020 09:27

Clementine is lovely, try and persuade him!

Flymetothestars · 28/09/2020 09:16

Clementine is lovely. It really isn't out there. I don't understand that. Maybe he's imagining it sounding "out there" when he was at school and people were called Claire and Lisa. I get that
Maybe if you tell him names like Isabella, Arabella, Felicity are all popular now and Clementine would fit in great with all those names

Ihearditthroughthegrapevine · 28/09/2020 07:02

Adaline pronounced the American way (Adaline not Adaleen) I think it has the same ring to it as Clementine

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GiggyThePomeranian · 28/09/2020 07:00

Some excellent suggestions in here, will put them to DH.

I don't think Clementine is too out there, it's still my favourite but DH is convinced alongside our other DDs names it would be 'too much'. I disagree!

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Calmondeck · 28/09/2020 06:38

I love Leonor (like the Spanish princess) as an alternative to Eleanora or Eleanor.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 28/09/2020 06:25

Ottilie
Rosalie
Clara
Aurelie

micc · 28/09/2020 05:16

My DD is Clementine! Not too out there at all! Haha
What about Florence or Beatrice?

Angelina82 · 28/09/2020 04:51

Satsuma.
Tangerine.
Mandarin.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 28/09/2020 04:44

Colette
Meredith
Sylvie
Adelaide
Cecily
Beatrice
Helena

MercyBodle · 28/09/2020 00:53

I also love Amandine and Clemency and was going to suggest them.
Ambrosine
Albertine
Calliope
Claudia
Ernestine
Persephone
Tabitha
Jemima
Felicity
Bryony
Merewen
Morwenna

JamieFrasersSwingingKilt · 27/09/2020 23:37

Seraphina
Theodora

ScrumptiousJohn · 27/09/2020 23:20

Some gorgeous names here.

I'd say most have similar elegance to clementine (except Constance, Vanessa and Miranda, which sound rather clunky).

A name I love and wish I'd used is Amandine (Ah-mon-deen), which I think has a similar tone to the names you like.

ODFOx · 27/09/2020 23:08

Clementine, Elspeth, Juliet, Madeleine, Caroline, Jennifer, Josephine, Anastasia, Elizabeth, Elinor/Eleanor ( not keen on Eleanora; seems a bit stretched), Marianne, Georgina, Claudia.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 27/09/2020 23:05

Valentina. Tabitha. Felicity. Helena

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 27/09/2020 23:03

Melody. Clemency. Dorothea. Delilah.
Tiana. Rosabelle. Vanessa. Miranda. Alexandra. Evelina. Claudia. Ariella.

NellyJames · 27/09/2020 22:36

Josephine
Constance
Evangeline
Daphne
Camilla

Whatsyourflava · 27/09/2020 22:35

Audrey
Ottilie
Margaret Maggie
Jemima
Delilah