Clementine

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Firstly do you personally say Clemen-tyne or Clemen-teen.

Secondly is it silly to name a baby after fruit?

Thirdly is it ultra posh?

I love it. Not pg but have just decided to try for no 2 soon and am now excited about baby names all over again.

Clemen-tyne. I know a little girl called this, we call her Clemmy, rarely ever hear someone call her Clementine. It's an ok name. But Clemmy just reminds me of flemmy. Slightly stuffy name

Clemen-teen. Clem or Clemmy for short. Very pretty, not at all stuffy imo

The pronumciation will vary from person to person- I'd say tyne rather than teen but my Mum would say teen.

I do like the name. Reminds me of Sawyer from lost ( it was his DDs name)

Clemen-TYNE in English.

I love Clementine (pronounced Tyne) but my dh hated it and wouldn't let me have it for our dd when she was born!

I know 1...we call her Clemen-tyne and her nn is Cece

I think "Oh my darling" is Clementyne; but when I see it written, I'd go for Clementeen.

I wouldn't go for it, because of the associations of both the fruit and the song.

Bizarrely, in the light if dislike of Clementine, I think the name Clementina is lovely.

Absolutely lovely but slightly biased as I have a Clementine (pronounced the teen way).

I would say that both pronunciations are valid. About 50% of people say Clemen-tyne but once they know how we pronounce it its fine. She will be able to correct people herself soon enough anyway.

We tend to call her Emmie for short but more often than not she gets 'Moo Moo' (don't ask).

The name has been around much longer than the fruit, so I wouldn't let that worry you - it is a feminine form of Clement and means merciful. I wouldn't say it is posh (well we aren't anyway) but it is quite unusual where we live (in the north west) and we haven't come across any others.

Good luck ttc #2.

Clemen-teen. Very pretty and I love Clem as a nickname.

Clemen-tyne

Favourite name of all time (but also name of very dear friend (probably why I love it so much) so couldn't use for DD). Tyne. Clemmie as nn.

Clement-een is the British way, and the way that Clementine Churchill pronounced her own name... And you can't get more English than that . Clement-tyne is more American I'd say (like the song). NN Clemmie. Not at all stuffy, but a little bit posh I guess. Compared to what though??
And it's feck all to do with a fruit It's the feminine version of St Clement who was around a hell of a lot previously to a small orange being given a name...!
It's a gorgeous name IMO.

I heartily approve of any orange-related names.

Sure there isn't a citrus fruit connection though, as in
Oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clement?

Very sweet name. I say 'teen', but both pronunciations are nice.

I love Clemen - tyne pronounciation, and yes I would say it is a bit posh, but so what? Better than hanging the girl with a name like Tracey or Sharon surely!

Love it! We didn't go for it because it didn't go with our surname. Loved the nn Minty.

I would pronounce it Clement-een (especially to avoid the 'oh my darling Clementyne' association).

Have met a very sweet Clementina since. Also like Clemence, but less so Clemency.

I had a friend called Clementine but everyone at school called her Satsuma...

Well that's a fab nn

I am usually quite boring conservative with names but I love Clementine (pronounced teen) I don't think it's too posh. Like the other poster's suggestion of Emmy as nn over Clemmy (reminds me of phlegmy!- which is probably why I haven't used it!)

My worry about Clemmie (which is lovely) is that it sounds like clammy.

There's a Clementine (pronounced 'teen but often just Clemmie) in my son's Reception class. Her mother specifically chose it as a 'strong' name, and all her older relatives have remarked on the Clementine Churchill reference (positively).
I think it's a lovely name and quite distinctive too, not run into another one so far.

I'd say Clemen-tyne.

I wouldn't say it's posh,but I do think it's hideous.

I would say Clemen -tyne. I love it but DH wouldn't let me have it for DD. Was gutted, and now she has the no.2 name in Scotland, aarrghh!!

It's kind of posh, but I like it. Lots of the posh names from my childhood are actually pretty common now.

I think it's lovely. I wondered about this name too, but we're probably using both surnames which are both quite long, so probably going for a shorter first name. I don't think it's posh, especially- and although it's long, it's still quite simple, if you know what I mean. I think it's a timeless kind of name.