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Klelia?

88 replies

Nescafegoldblend · 27/06/2023 12:01

What do you think? Or Clelia is better?

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MerryChristmasToYou · 27/06/2023 14:02

Thanks @Dogsandbabies . I'd only seen it with a C.
Only 5 Clelias and 0 Klelias registered in England & Wales in 1996-2021

DazzleBlind · 27/06/2023 13:58

Here is a thread on Clelia

Clelia for a girl? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/4697951-clelia-for-a-girl?msgid=-4697951#-4697951

UseOfWeapons · 27/06/2023 13:52

No, not a favourite for me. What's wrong with something classic and lovely, like Jane?

Dogsandbabies · 27/06/2023 13:50

@MerryChristmasToYou relatively common in both Greece and Bulgaria. I had two Klelia's in my school year.

MerryChristmasToYou · 27/06/2023 13:47

The K spelling is too Kardashian.

Is Clelia Cleh-lia, Clay-lia or Clee-lia?
Celia and Delia are much nicer, less of a mouthful.

In what other countries is Klelia used, @Dogsandbabies ?

EllaRaines · 27/06/2023 13:33

Dreadful.

Young children will have difficulty pronouncing it and old people will ask you to repeat it!

StopStartStop · 27/06/2023 13:31

Sounds like a disease.
'OMG, she's got Klelia, you know! They're doing what they can for her but there's no known cure! She'll have it forever, now.'

Dogsandbabies · 27/06/2023 13:30

There is no board I find more annoying and ignorant than the baby names board. Klelia is a name used in other countries and I think it is rather beautiful. People generally make an effort when they meet you to pronounce and learn other names properly. I am foreign and generally find people pronounce my difficult name well. Only on mums net do people purposefully mispronounce and offend names.

Call your baby a name you love. Why ask a bunch of strangers what they think? All my children have names we love. They would be ridiculed by the people on this board. Never had any issues in real life. And so far they all love their names.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 27/06/2023 13:26

Whatever you decide, at least spell it with a C not a K fgs!

bobblyjob · 27/06/2023 13:24

Do you pronounce it as if you are a cat coughing up a fur ball?

Riapia · 27/06/2023 13:22

I prefer Klitoriana.

Boomboxinmyattic · 27/06/2023 13:12

Clementina
Clemenza
Clara
Clothilde
Clarissa
Clarabel

hugefanofcheese · 27/06/2023 12:57

It's the /cl/ and /l/ in quick succession maybe.

Either way, I met a lovely lady called this so it has good associations for me but it isn't a particularly nice name to say. If you like it, go with it but I don't think it's a name that will be broadly loved.

Imogensmumma · 27/06/2023 12:55

Just don’t … your poor child has to live with this name for the rest of their life and will CONSTANTLY have to explain how to say it/ spell it to others

SnapPop · 27/06/2023 12:54

I love Clelia, the only time I've come across it is in the book 'Jerusalem the Golden' by Margaret Drabble.

LabRat90 · 27/06/2023 12:51

Spelling aside, it's terrible.

Candymay · 27/06/2023 12:51

pumpkintits · 27/06/2023 12:29

Reminds me of Made in Chelsea.

I can barely pronounce it, it gets stuck on my tongue and feels very clunky.

No it’s towie. And is the most unattractive name I’ve ever heard. My opinion only of course.

cocksstrideintheevening · 27/06/2023 12:50

Nescafegoldblend · 27/06/2023 12:49

I get that you don't like it for various reasons but honestly what is the problem with the tongue?

I mean can you not say claclaclaclaclaclacla quickly?

How are you pronouncing it that cla comes in?

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Nescafegoldblend · 27/06/2023 12:49

I get that you don't like it for various reasons but honestly what is the problem with the tongue?

I mean can you not say claclaclaclaclaclacla quickly?

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cocksstrideintheevening · 27/06/2023 12:49

If you have to, with a C. Are you from Cornwall?

It's a horrid name and hard to pronounce.

ILiveInAnAlternateDimension · 27/06/2023 12:46

sounds like a body part

Horizabel · 27/06/2023 12:45

Mind you, I also think the inexplicably popular Aurora doesn't trip off the tongue for most, either, and would be impossible for anyone with rhotacism (pronouncing 'r' as 'w').

Horizabel · 27/06/2023 12:42

I quite like it, but it doesn't trip off the tongue for English speakers, plus I believe it's the name (well, Cloelia) of the Roman protagonist of a Latin-language novel or novella used by Latin learners, so it probably has Biff, Skip and Chipper (or whoever?) connotations for some.

TooManyAnimals94 · 27/06/2023 12:38

Definitely sounds like medication for something unpleasant.

salamithumbs · 27/06/2023 12:37

I met someone Clelia a few years ago but people couldn't wrap their heads around the name at first, there was a lot of 'Celia? Clelia? Are you sure that's her name or is it a typo?' So might be confusing. Camellia might be an option if you like that?