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Clementine Pearl for a December baby?

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juneybabe · 29/11/2009 02:13

Have decided on Clementine Pearl.
Made the mistake of telling people and have had one or two comments of "How seasonal!"

What do you think?
General thoughts and comments on the name would be appreciated too. We received another comment that it was fashionable at the moment too?

I know we shouldn't listen to people, but forewarned....

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Crazycatlady · 09/12/2009 14:42

Really pretty name, wouldn't associate Clementine with Christmas. My DD is Beatrice Clementine, and she was due on Boxing Day (didn't arrive til mid Jan but that's another story). Anyway, no-one has ever asked if it was a seasonal thing, have had lots of lovely comments on her name though.

matildamum · 04/12/2009 20:04

Big thumbs up from me! Absolutely love both, I think they're beautiful names.
DC2 would have been a Clementine or a Clemency if he'd been a girl...but I've got a Rafferty instead!

MintyCandyCane · 04/12/2009 16:16

I think it is a lovely name

Bewler · 04/12/2009 16:15

agree with thesecondcoming

Tangerine dream sounds like a shade of Dulux

Xavielli · 04/12/2009 16:06

Really dislike both names, but wouldn't think of it being seasonal.

maxbear · 04/12/2009 11:08

Lots of Holly's, Carol's, Noe'ls are born around Christmas time and I think it is lovely. Clementine is a nice name and does not specifically make me think Christmas anyway. Its your baby, if you like it then go for it.

browntrout · 03/12/2009 13:46

i have a Clementine and she is a Christmas baby

yangymac · 03/12/2009 13:42

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grumpypants · 02/12/2009 17:51

nooo, it must be Strawberry Cream (Quality Street) or Holly Berry or Winter Snowbunny - in fact I may know start a thread asking for best seasonal names.

mrsvwoolf · 02/12/2009 17:49

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mathanxiety · 02/12/2009 17:45

I would be a lot more inclined to associate pineapples with Christmas.

BettyButterknife · 02/12/2009 14:56

I love it, too (am thinking of Edie Clementine for my DC2 if it's a girl ).

Saw in my name book that Cleo is an accepted nn for Clementine, which I prefer to Clem or Clemmie.

Would you pronounce 'Clemen-teen' or 'Clemen-tyne'? I'm of the 'teen' school of thought...

yangymac · 02/12/2009 14:53

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teafortwo · 30/11/2009 20:50

Jamie - thanks.

rubyslippers · 30/11/2009 17:07

i love both names

Ronaldinhio · 30/11/2009 17:03

love it love it love it

spaghettina · 30/11/2009 16:58

I love both Clementine and Pearl and have never associated Clementine with Christmas!

KERALA1 · 30/11/2009 14:40

Love it. Also dont think it seasonal. Am ROFL about potential teasing because of two nouns!

Tortington · 30/11/2009 13:50

theres too much of it - i think its very 'MTV cribs'

rasputin · 30/11/2009 13:49

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tanmu82 · 30/11/2009 13:39

Don't like Pearl, hate Clementine. Sorry, it's one of those names where if I asked someone what they'd called their child and they said 'Clementine Pearl', I'd remain silent......but if you love it, then it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks

Jamieandhismagictorch · 30/11/2009 06:24

what a nice post teafortwo. I also think it is nice for names to mean something as well - whether it is seasonal, named after a relative, a person you admire, or a quality eg Mercy.

catinthehat2 · 29/11/2009 23:50

Let me guess, first name Bilbo.

teafortwo · 29/11/2009 23:45

hobbgoblin - Wow! Mjolnir is such a beautiful name for a boy born in a storm. [I am completely impressed emotion!]

hobbgoblin · 29/11/2009 21:50

Oh yes and I totally like the idea of a name having some reference to either time of birth or something else personal and unique to the individual.

My DS2 has Mjolnir as a middle name due to the stormy night upon which he was born

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