Clemency

[QueenLizIII]

yes / no

good / bad?

I love it. I'm a lawyer too and have a DD with a name along the same lines...

I like it; like Clemmie too as a diminutive. Reminds me of the writer Clemency Burton-Hill. It's not a name for a bog-standard comp, though, so I hope you earn enough as a lawyer to send her to a more rarefied school, OP

I had a school friend who was Clementine - known as Clemmie.

She was also called 'Phlegmy' unfortunately.

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I don't like virtue names like Hope, Faith, Grace either. Nor did I choose a "very popular" name for my daughter.

Clemency is something you request, not a name, in my opinion. Which is what you have asked for.

Similarly Neil is a misspelled command. And an awful anglicised spelling of Niall, a lovely Irish name.

Love it and suggestions cicely and cecilly too

I really really don't like it. My DD has an unusual name, I have an unusual name. Unusual names are good, but there is unusual, and then there's names like Clemency! It's your child of course, but I really wouldn't.

I like the way it sounds, but not the meaning.

Gorgeous love it

I really like it. I think it's pretty and unusual without being weird.
Death row never occurred to me.

Love it.

I once read an interview with the writer Susan Hill where she was discussing her family. She has a daughter named Clemency who had been working for a voluntary organisation who try to provide legal help and send out supportive letters to death row prisoners in the US. The organisation asked her when writing these letters not to sign her name at the end, in case the poor prisoner mistakenly thought he was getting a reprieve when he saw the word 'Clemency'.

But apart from potential misunderstandings like that, yes I do think it's a pretty name. Prettier than 'Clementine' actually and no pronunciation ambiguities.

Death row also my first thought. And I am not American, just loved the West Wing.

Clémence as suggested is prettier.

The comment about your schooling intentions is valid. It's totally a 'posh kid' name. Would be borderline cruel to send Clemency to the local comp.

I quite like it
I did laugh at 'you don't have death row there so your child could get away with it' hopefully the child will stay on the right side of the law!

I think it's lovely.

And suggesting Clemence instead is silly- nobody will be able to pronounce it.

And the comments about comprehensive schools are borderline offensive.

I don't see how it's offensive BertrandRussell , just a statement of fact. I've considerable experience of both types of secondary school. This name would be fairly unremarkable in a private school but prime bullying fodder in (some) state schools due to its 'posh' perception. Kind of like a boy called Rupert IMO. Sad but true.

Certainly something I would consider when naming my children.

Thanks Bertrand

Love it.

And the comments about comprehensive schools are borderline offensive.

I did add a , but for the avoidance of doubt, they were meant to be tongue in cheek

I like it, it's maybe not a name that I personally would choose, but I like the meaning of it. I quite like the link between your profession and the name. I even like just the idea of it being a value ( mercy)
I wasn't aware of the American death row connection and wouldn't really worry about that.
It is much more preferable to clementine in my opinion.

Awful.

Death row is all that comes to mind, and I don't come from a country that has the death penalty.

Plus, it has a similar sound to Clancy and I despise that.

Love it. One of my favourites.

I saw Liberty (nn Libby / Bertie) suggested on here too when I was pg.

Something to do with American criminal courts.

I have an adult daughter named Clemency. We're not a bit posh and we've never had a problem with teasing. She goes by Clemmie and although a lot of people initially struggle (she gets called Chloe a lot) people soon get used to it.