Muriel and Clio/Cleo

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Muriel - is this nice, underused and classic, or just terribly dull and frumpy? We have a lovely friend (who admittedly is in her 60s) called Muriel so I've always liked it.

Clio/Cleo - I love this, but are the car/cat associations just too strong?

I really like muriel and have never heard of this your terrible muriel thing i like older names some of these newer names i wonder how theyll last in time

I love Cleo, it sounds wonderful.

I like Muriel, yes. I think of Muriel Spark and Muriel Gray - clever, cool Scottish woman who was on C4 a lot in the early days in the 80s (blond hair, dark eyebrows).

though I think Muriel was a not very clever goat in Animal Farm.

I once knew a very nice French student teacher called Muriel.
She was serious, caring, good fun and effortlessly stylish. Her name sounded very pretty with a French accent: Mur-eee-elle.
The 'Mur' as in French for wall or Scottish for moorland: 'muir'. Not 'Meur' to rhyme with 'bluergh'.