Clorinda?

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Sorry - I feel like I've already leaned on your patience about 500 times so far but I'm still thrashing around with names (no DH/DP so I've got no-one but you lot to test things out before braving a wider crowd).

I've always said I wanted a name for DD2 that ends in an "ee" or really anything other than an "a". And I want something unusual but not awkward to pronounce or spell.

The middle name will definitely be Joy (family name)

To date, I'd narrowed it down to:

Xanthe Joy

Claudine Joy

Vivienne Joy

Fabienne Joy

And then last night.... I thought:

Clorinda Joy

Thoughts please???

I prefer any of your others than Clorinda - sounds a bit like something you clean the bath with.

Vivienne is particularly lovely.

Horrid

Sorry

Claudine and Vivienne are lovely IMO

The others are all lovely. Nuff said!

agree with Rubber

It doesn't sound very nice to my ears - but I can't put my finger on why!

I think Vivienne Joy is lovely.

Sorry, I'm with Rubber too. Love all the rest, I'd be hard put to choose.

Clotilde might be nice if you like "Clo" names. Though I guess you are slightly asking for "Clot" as a nickname.

Sorry but I do not like it - I think it soumds like something medicinal (?)

Of the others I particularly like Vivienne - I met a lady once with a Vivienne for a daughter & all her little friends called her Vivi which sounded lovely.

Well it's good to get clear feedback - thank you!!

I think I will consign Clorinda to the "strange-hormone-induced-thoughts-at-3am-not-to-be-taken-further-during-daylight-hours" category.....

Xanthe Joy is lovely, definitely my favourite from your list.

Clorinda is too chlorine-y. I think that's why it sounds like a cleaning product. How about Coralie?

Clorinda sounds like a rare type of fungus that grows on scabs.

Sorry.

I love Fabienne and Vivienne though!

Clorinda is not a great name. I am sure it appeared in some really old romantic novel with the line 'I have been faithful to you, Clorinda, in my fashion'.

Fabienne is great!
Clorinda is dreadful.

What immediately springs to mind for me is both 1) Caulinder (spelling?) and 2) Cauliflower. I'm not keen.

I do like Vivienne it Claudine from your list, though :)

Xanthe is lovely as is Vivienne.

Not keen on Fabienne or Clorinda.

How about Florinda? Very similar but much prettier.

What about Joy as a first name? Beautiful!

Oh Smize I really like Florinda! Thank you! (or rather, grrrr - that's another one for the short list )

Whimsy - I like Emmeline but the "did you say Emily" would drive me crazy. I also like Marianna and Georgianna, but they're not quite for me

MummyPig - Joy is my (very much alive) DGMs name so I prefer it as a middle name

Thanks to everyone

Clorinda sounds a bit like a Saki character, if that's what you're going for :-)

'I will consign Clorinda to "strange-hormone-induced-thoughts-at-3am-not-to-be-taken-further-during-daylight-hours"

We should have a thread of those

Florinda is also hideous, sounds like a skin growth you get between your toes.

I like Claudine best.

Clorinda is a bit cleaning-product to me as well, and Florinda is awful, sorry. Clarissa or Miranda, maybe.