Pronunciation of Clementine

[DejaB00]

My first post in baby names, still a way to go and don't even know the sex, but we like to be organised!
We have a Louis, and get rather annoyed by strangers mis-pronunciating it, so would like a feel for how you ladies would pronounce Clementine as we have both fallen in love with the name -Clemmy for short.
Thanks

Cle mon teen

I love Clemence as well

snow it gets pronounced Lewis! Sometimes wish we'd spelt it Louie.
Nothing we can do to change how people say Clementine though, we would pronounce it
Clem en teen
The French way, as half the family is French...

Clem-en-tyne (as in Oh my darlin') but if you corrected me then I'd say it the right way for you!

I'd say Lou-ee though, so one out o. two would be right.

Oh my darling Clementine has secured the 'tyne' pronunciation in popular culture I think. Likewise the fruit is pronounced as such.

I do think people will use these as the go to pronunciation reference points.

Clementyne... because of the song... I would always pronounce Louis the French way though. I'd only pronounce the s when I see it spelled Lewis.

I say the fruit as clemen - teen.

And I would say the name like that too.

Clem en tyne would be my preferred pronounciation!

I'd say Clementyne and Looee. Very odd to pronounce it Loo-is when it's not Lewis!

Thanks ladies. The general consensus seems to go against DH and me then...
We love the name but I'm so reluctant to have to correct people for my second child as well, and for her (if indeed she is a girl!) to have a lifetime of people mispronouncing her name. What do you all think?
Also when we send the round robin text msg to announce the birth (to not-so-close friends and family) will we have to spell it out phonetically so people don't get the wrong idea from the start?
We've struggled so much to think of a name and now we've got one it's causing problems

Tyne to rhyme with wine but thats my personal preference. You are over thinking this its not an issue honestly! In real life she will be Clem anyway, people will hear you pronounce the full version and will just follow your lead. Mine is 4 and I can count on one hand the times Ive had to correct pronunciation.

Yes to rhyme with 'time'.

FWIW I would pronounce Louis 'loo-ee' but as a teacher have come across many that pronounce the S so I always check.

I wouldn't be surprised by a 'teen' pronunciation of Clementine but it wouldn't be my first guess.

I have only met one other, her mother was a nightmare random I met at a wedding. I usually get on with most people but it became apparent during our short conversation that we had opposing opinions on absolutely everything, obviously her daughters name was pronounced "teen" mine was "tyne"

Perhaps I am over thinking it... That's me

Its ok but I prefer Clemency :)

I think most people say Tyne not teen.

Oh yes and Clemency is gorgeous, less twee and no pronunciation issues.

Thanks, not keen on Clemency and it just doesn't work in French!

It's a lovely name, but if your DD will grow up in the UK then I'm afraid that people will pronounce it to rhyme with 'Tyne' until you correct them.

How about Clemence?

We have a surname that people miss pronounce and it drives me mad so we gave our DC names that couldn't happen with as it does wear you down tbh.

I would have said Louie for Louis until recently, but now that gymnast Louis Smith has got popular and he says Lewis... So I wouldn't be sure now.

I would definetly say Tyne not Teen though as that is the way the song goes and that is how most people think of the name, well that and the fruit and most people say Tyne for the fruit too.

Hmm, well, I don't think you are over-thinking it and Kerala's post proves rather than disproves that.

Everyone obviously defaults to the Clem-en-tyne pronunciation, if she's only had to correct people a handful of times in 4 years...

If you think/know it's going to wind you up, then I wouldn't do it. For what it's worth, DD has a name which can be pronounced 3 ways - all perfectly acceptable and legitimate. I knew it would be an issue when we chose her name, and so try not to don't let it bother me when people get it 'wrong'.

However, if I had two children with such names, I think it would get on my nerves a bit.

If you're in the UK/an English-speaking country, people will most likely go with Clem-en-tyne. If you think that's going to annoy you, then maybe go with something else. Shame, as it's a lovely name, pronounced either way. :)

Clem-un-teen - the correct way. Clementine Churchill was clem-un-teen.

The 'tine' pronunciation is an Americanised one.

The Macmillan dictionary has a sound-out facility, which pronounces it tyne, with an English accent.