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Clelia for a girl?

140 replies

RedRobintweets · 14/12/2022 13:38

Hey all,

What do you think of this name for a baby girl?

Pronounced as Cleh-Leah , with emphasis on the first syllable.

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MoggyMittens23 · 14/12/2022 15:49

Notanotherone6 · 14/12/2022 14:41

She will be forever Celia. Clelia looks like you're one of those insufferable parents who are as thick as pig muck.

Can you explain?

Garman · 14/12/2022 15:44

I’ve only heard this name in regards to one person and I think it’s terrible, sounds clunky and like you spelled a real name wrong.

Terryinblackpool · 14/12/2022 15:43

Sounds liek Claire after many vodkas at 3am and you can't get a taxi.

loislovesstewie · 14/12/2022 15:37

I wouldn't because it made me think of all the other things that people have said. Names which sound perfectly fine and pleasant in one language often don't travel well. I'm not being judgmental, just commenting. I knew an Italian called Andrea who kept having to tell people he was definitely a male. He became Andy. And another Albanian called Doris, also male. I think you and your LO would forever be correcting pronunciation.

Geamhradh · 14/12/2022 15:36

hattie43 · 14/12/2022 15:02

It's a silly made up name .

Tell the Italians that?

It's a very old, traditional Italian name. It's pretty old-fashioned. Don't know how it would go down in the UK but the ones I know with that name would prefer not to be called it tbh.

It's a bit Mildred/Doris/Mavis.

darjeelingrose · 14/12/2022 15:34

hattie43 · 14/12/2022 15:02

It's a silly made up name .

I've had a google and 31 000 women in Italy are called Clelia.

scottishnames · 14/12/2022 15:29

For those who keep saying 'it's made up' or 'it's a miss-spelling', please let me repeat what a previous poster said: Clelia aka Cloelia is a very ancient name. A brave and clever teenage heroine in Ancient Rome. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloelia

I also think the modern Italian spelling and pronounciation is pretty.

darjeelingrose · 14/12/2022 15:29

I know a couple of Clelias with an Italian background. I know how it is pronounced, I think it is ok, but I don't think it works in the UK, sorry.

arcticocean · 14/12/2022 15:12

Anoisagusaris · 14/12/2022 13:45

I like it. There is/was an actress in an Irish soap named Clelia.

Was just going to say this. She was on dancing with the stars in Ireland. I remember thinking her name was unusual when I first heard it, but nothing hugely left of centre or hard to pronounce once you heard it once.
I think it's nice!

toastofthetown · 14/12/2022 15:11

hattie43 · 14/12/2022 15:02

It's a silly made up name .

Bizarre that you apparently assume every name you haven’t heard of is silly and made-up.

HelloBunny · 14/12/2022 15:11

Margrat?! I’m pissing myself...

parsniiips · 14/12/2022 15:09

It's a clumsy clunky awkward name to say

ImHavingAnOldFriendForDinner · 14/12/2022 15:08

Not for me sorry! Poor girl will spend her life being called Celia because it looks like a spelling mistake.

jerseybean1000 · 14/12/2022 15:03

Please don't

hattie43 · 14/12/2022 15:02

It's a silly made up name .

fatnotfluffy · 14/12/2022 15:02

It sounds like a contraceptive

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 14/12/2022 14:59

dream28 · 14/12/2022 14:56

I also quite like the name, but can't use it since my aunt knows one.

Grin

why would that stop you?

AngelontopoftheTree · 14/12/2022 14:58

I know there's an Irish actress called Clelia Murphy, but other than her I've never heard the name. It's unusual, but not horrible as some on here seem to think. Is it getting a hard time just because they've never heard it and it's not English?

dream28 · 14/12/2022 14:56

I also quite like the name, but can't use it since my aunt knows one.

AriettyHomily · 14/12/2022 14:55

The girl from TOWIE is the only time I've heard and I had to Google it to figure it out. It does sound like a speech impediment.

Lindy2 · 14/12/2022 14:55

chesterlestreet · 14/12/2022 14:46

I know a few Italian Clelias) pronounced CLELL -IA). It's a nice name which people will hear once and remember

Now Clell-ia is a nice sound. It flows and its a pleasant sound. It's very different to Cleh-lia as put in the OP's post, which seems very clunky in comparison.

ActionThisDay · 14/12/2022 14:52

I quite like it. You will be forever correcting people though.

spare123 · 14/12/2022 14:51

Oh. You're serious. I assumed it was a typo for Celia.

No. Don't do that to your child.

toastofthetown · 14/12/2022 14:50

Notanotherone6 · 14/12/2022 14:41

She will be forever Celia. Clelia looks like you're one of those insufferable parents who are as thick as pig muck.

I don’t understand why using a centuries old name makes one “insufferable” or “thick as pig muck”. Is it simply because you haven’t personally come across the name before?

NellieJean · 14/12/2022 14:50

It sounds like the sort of thing you’d take antibiotics for, that’s if you could get hold of any.

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