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jonita2 · 2026-01-30T12:05:03+00:00

Im having twins, two girls and were thinking Clementine Catherine and Olive Odette. We like the matching fruit names, and Odette and Clementine both have French origin. Are they okay names? *Typo in the post. I meant Tell me my kids names arent going to be that bad

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Blorengia · 30/01/2026 19:00

Maybe those who dislike Olive watched too much Popeye when they were kids. 😉

Avantiagain · 30/01/2026 17:01

Too matchy.

Calliopespa · 30/01/2026 17:01

BunnyLake · 30/01/2026 16:54

I can’t seem to get on the Olive train, even though I know the younger ones don’t mind it. Clementine is nice but I can’t see her friends calling her that so she’ll end up being called Clem or Clemmie (I’d probably use the middle name and go by Kate). If I was Olive I’d say I was Olivia, but that’s me.

Go with what you are happy with.

I struggle with Olive as well. I know people like it though, so it won't raise eyebrows. If anything it will be a bit overdone and dating to this generation of babies.

It just isn't that pretty a sound imo, or that pretty a fruit and I can't think of any lovely Olives in history or literature (sorry Olive Oil ...!)

But people seem to like it. Like Marmite (which I do love, though probably not as a baby name!🙂)

Snorlaxo · 30/01/2026 16:58

I would swap the middle names so the aren’t alliteration.

Would you even consider a third child? Being restricted to fruit names could be tough- especially if dc3 is a boy. Off the top of my head I can only of herbs like Basil and Sage which aren’t really fruit.

BunnyLake · 30/01/2026 16:58

smallchange · 30/01/2026 16:42

I might feel a bit hard done by if I was Olive. It's a bit drab compared to Clementine. Olivia or Odette is prettier.

Yes drab! I can never hear the name and feel cheerful around it. It has a sort of depressing vibe to it, like a dull rainy day, whereas Olivia doesn’t and seems like a bright, sunny day.

Clementine Catherine got the better hand.

BunnyLake · 30/01/2026 16:54

I can’t seem to get on the Olive train, even though I know the younger ones don’t mind it. Clementine is nice but I can’t see her friends calling her that so she’ll end up being called Clem or Clemmie (I’d probably use the middle name and go by Kate). If I was Olive I’d say I was Olivia, but that’s me.

Go with what you are happy with.

WhosMadeline · 30/01/2026 16:45

I can’t believe an Olive is a fruit! Mind blown.

smallchange · 30/01/2026 16:42

I might feel a bit hard done by if I was Olive. It's a bit drab compared to Clementine. Olivia or Odette is prettier.

ERthree · 30/01/2026 16:39

Love the names but imagine repeating Clementine & Olive a million times a day every day for the next 18 years.

whatsagoodusername · 30/01/2026 16:38

Clementine Catherine is a very long name to be putting on forms with limited space, especially if your surname is long.

But all of the names themselves are nice.

PutTheScrewInTheTuna · 30/01/2026 16:20

Love the names Odette, Olive and Catherine.
Not a fan of Clementine because they will inevitably be ‘Clemmie’ and it makes me think of phlegm and I just don’t like the sound.
However I agree with previous posters and would also switch the middle names round (Although I would actually use Odette as a first name as it’s beautiful!)

PlantBased11 · 30/01/2026 16:20

ridingfreely · 30/01/2026 12:08

Love both names. I also have a ‘fruit’ name although more unusual that your choices. I don’t personally think I would use both for twins though - I’d probably swap and go Odette Olive with clementine.

clemmy and Odie go well

Sorry but i see "Clemmie and Odie" and think clammy and odious.
Agree re PP against matchy matchy twin names

MovedlikeHarlowinMonteCarlo · 30/01/2026 16:18

I feel sorry for Olive.

Clementine is lovely but Olive is extremely bleurgh.

AutumnAllTheWay · 30/01/2026 16:15

I love them both, and as a set. Beautiful.

ShawnaMacallister · 30/01/2026 16:09

I think they are a lot. Clementine Catherine is a lot of syllables. Odette is a bit pretentious. The alliteration is a lot. Put them all together and it's a lot of a lot.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 30/01/2026 16:06

Claudiasboots · 30/01/2026 15:46

Beautiful names. I don’t think the initials OO and CC are a negative. No one uses middle names in the U.K. so it’s just a non-issue. I wouldn’t have made the fruit connection myself, but as so many others have I would swap Olive to a middle name. Clementine and Odette work well together.

Of course people use middle names in the UK! And initials generally

Claudiasboots · 30/01/2026 15:46

Beautiful names. I don’t think the initials OO and CC are a negative. No one uses middle names in the U.K. so it’s just a non-issue. I wouldn’t have made the fruit connection myself, but as so many others have I would swap Olive to a middle name. Clementine and Odette work well together.

Calliopespa · 30/01/2026 15:40

user2848502016 · 30/01/2026 15:37

I’m not keen on them together personally, I would go for Odette Olive - Clementine and Odette sound lovely together

I like Clementine and Odette together op. They both have that French feel (and less of a fruit-bowl feel!)

Incidentally, Clementine was a (very pretty) name before it was a fruit. It isn't as "fruity" as, say, Apple or Banana.

user2848502016 · 30/01/2026 15:37

I’m not keen on them together personally, I would go for Odette Olive - Clementine and Odette sound lovely together

wishingonastar101 · 30/01/2026 15:30

Melany?

Dora33 · 30/01/2026 15:25

Siblings who both have fruit names is a bit gimmicky. Twins even more so.
I think olive or Olivia and odette separately are good. I think Olivia is a much nicer name than olive.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 30/01/2026 15:18

I prefer the middle names as first names. Clementine and Olive both sound ugly to me.

WhatAreYouDoingSundayBaby · 30/01/2026 15:13

Tbh I think Olive is a well-enough-used name in it's own right for people's minds not to automatically go to the fruit, I'm not sure I'd immediately make the connection myself.

I love the name Odette though, so pretty, so personally I'd go with Clementine and Odette.

ShetlandishMum · 30/01/2026 15:07

Trying a bit too hard.

Calliopespa · 30/01/2026 15:05

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