Settle a debate please on names

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Right me and my partner both like names of a completely different 'style' and HATE each other's choices.

We each think our 'style' of names is the better one obviously and have a bet going as to who can get most votes for the name we have each chosen.

In the interest of fairness I will not say who has chosen what name so it's a simple vote between which girl's name you prefer out of the two listed.

If you have a reason as to why you like / hate a certain name please state why.

Thanks :)

Right so the choices are:

Clara
or
Chelsea

Clara definitely Clara. Chelsea is horrid.

Totally disagree Note! Obviously! The Clarr-a pronounciation is too clunky and doesn't roll off the tongue as nicely. Although they are essentially the same name, I find Clarr-a to be quite an ugly way of saying what is a beautiful name. Clair-a is very pretty on the other hand.

C;aire-ah sounds like someone making a name out of Claire. Like saying Joan-a or Ruth-a or Joy-a, iuswim. Maybe its just me?! But where is Claire-ah used? Clara is a German name, I thought. Where they say Clarr-a. Or am I mistaken?

Clara as long as you say it properly and not Clare ah. Fecking stupid way of saying something which poor kid will spend their lives having to tell people how to pronounce their name.

Chelsea is common chavvy horridness.

I think it's just you!

It's a well used pronounciation of Clara. I don't believe it to be German in origin, but I do think it became popular over there so I understand why you think that.

Have an opinion by all means, but "saying it properly", Madame, is not restricting it to one pronounciation.

Love Clara. Chelsea not to my taste.

OK it's Clar-ah and I have a DN called Chelsea and she is very lovely and not chavvy at all

I like Clara

Clar-ah sounds much nicer than Clair-ah imho.

Funnys I am sure no-one called Chelsea is actually chavy, I just thinks to certain tv shows the name Chelsea is associated with chavvy peope.

It more than likely isn't true but it is the first thing I think of, same as many people.

Hence I was trying to prove this point to my OH who insisted Chelsea was a lovely name to add to the shortlist.

You lot are all weird and Clarr-a is not nice.

But the name is actually sweet, and still much nicer than Chelsea which remains awful.

oh, I wouldn't call my DC Chelsea either, just making a point!

I wouldn't call my child Clara, nice name but not for me.

It was the first thing I thought of when I told DP that Chelsea was awful, she said fine pick a name and we'll see what people prefer.

I could have gone with bloody Mabel or Ethel and still got more votes

I have never, ever heard Claire-a, it sounds really weird. It's Clar-ra.

You could have gone with Gertrude and got more votes?? What is your OH thinking??? Still - a week off of school runs - you can't knock it!!

Chelsea - sounds like a strippers' name. Sorry.

Def Clara out of those two!!

Clara.

Chelsea was the name chosen by Bill Clinton for his daughter.

And it makes me think of the video for "Chelsea Dagger" by the Fratellis, which is an excellent video, but not one I'd want my DD associated with, name-wise.

[[

here]] the song Chelsea Clinton is named for. One of my all time favourites.

Clara.

So if you're not that keen on Clara, what other names do you like? Can we suggest some more?

If you're not going to use Clara, why ask for our opinions ?