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Clio - are car comments really a problem?

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Betweentheacts1 · 19/05/2022 14:12

Clio as an alternative to cleo came up on another thread I started. It’s really growing on me but how much of a problem would the car thing be? Any clios out there? Or anyone with a dd clio? Any clios you know?

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JimmyShoo · 19/05/2022 15:55

Aside from the car link which you can’t escape, I would make the assumption you’d heard Cleo but didn’t know how to spell it.

Luluuuuuuuuuu85 · 19/05/2022 15:53

Clio is a name in its own right, it's greek. I like it, dh vetoed it because of the car though...

CeeceeBloomingdale · 19/05/2022 15:51

Agree with PPs, Cleo is a lovely name for a baby, Clio is a car.

bloominglovelyorange · 19/05/2022 15:47

Cleo is such a lovely name. I'd stick with that spelling

MinglingFlamingo · 19/05/2022 14:30

Clio = car
Cleo = lovely name for a girl

HSKAT · 19/05/2022 14:20

Why not just Cleo?

toastofthetown · 19/05/2022 14:19

I don’t think the car connection is an issue and I prefer Clio to Cleo. But then I was one of the posters on the other thread suggesting Clio! Might be worth noting that I have next to no interest in cars though, so it really doesn’t take much for me to override a car connection. There have been around ten babies a year called Clio recently, so clearly the name is useable.

Trinacham · 19/05/2022 14:16

Car*

aSofaNearYou · 19/05/2022 14:16

Why not just call them Cleo?

rnsaslkih · 19/05/2022 14:16

Yes because Clio is a car and Cleo is a person

AlisonDonut · 19/05/2022 14:16

Well, i assumed this was a car thread as i never go into baby name threads so...yes.

Trinacham · 19/05/2022 14:16

Don't know any but I wouldn't. I immediately thought of the car, but that may be because it is also the only care I've ever owned!

nearlyspringyay · 19/05/2022 14:15

Car.

AmbushedByCake · 19/05/2022 14:14

BIL has a DD,.now a teenager, who has a car name. It was a car name then and its a car name now and it will always be a car name. Don't do it.

HappyHappyHermit · 19/05/2022 14:14

I think Clio definitely makes me think of the car, I've only seen the name spelt as Cleo, which I think looks better and personally much prefer.

ComDummings · 19/05/2022 14:13

The first thing I thought of was the car. I’ve never seen the name Clio on a person, only Cleo.