Clio TITLE EDITED BY MNHQ AT OP'S REQUEST

[macbooksticker]

I was fixated on Cleo at one point and I know Clio is the name of the car but people made those comments about Cleo as well, despite the different spelling. Clio however (in Greek mythology) is the muse of history. I’ve always loved the name but once DH and I found that out, we felt like we had to use it over Cleo. The reason being DH are massive history geeks I remember my friends laughing at my extensive Plantagenet and Tudor knowledge at school and university even on my history degree! I also met Dh doing history at Oxford and he loves the Ancient Greek history too.

So it just makes sense would you be able to get past the car though

Oh gosh, Clio, not Clip!

Love Clio. Don't name her Clip!!

I clicked on this thread thinking you were considering calling your child Clip. I was going to gently suggest you didn't.
Clio is a lovely name.

Just don't give her Nicole as the middle name.

I too clicked on thinking you were naming DD Clip.
Clio very sweet and much better than Clip

Haha I was going to say Clip sounds good... for a dog.

Mind you I used to catsit a Clio, a very pretty grey tabby. So...

Fellow history graduate with a Cleo here too . I think it really suits her now she’s a child with a proper little personality, not just a baby. Just be prepared for people to call her Chloe all the time. They either don’t think of the car, or are too polite to mention it...

Yes, think people associate it with a cat name at least as much as the car name...

Hi there @macbooksticker - we've edited your title now. You're right - Clio is SO much nicer than Clip

Beautiful!

I won’t lie I did automatically think ‘like Renault?’ But I did have two as my first two cars 😅

I did think of the car but I do love Classical studies too. :-)

I don't know history very well so would think Cleo was the correct spelling and that you just picked Clio to be like the car or for something different.

Clio is great, but I know who she was. People will think Cleo. Clio is loads better. I wouldn’t think of the car really but I’m sure many people will.

I wouldn’t automatically think of the car, though I do when I hear the name Austin
Name good for all ages

It does just make me think of the car, sorry.

Why not call her cleo? It’s a beautiful name, that’s easy to spell and recognisable. Clio will get misspelled and get the cheap car reference.

There is the Irish girls' name Cliona, the name of a goddess and daughter of a poet in Irish myth. You could call her Clio for short and keep the history relevance while divorcing it from the car a bit.

But she will spend her life spelling it for people, so bear that in mind.

Love it. I would usually spell it Cleo and wonder if it were misspelt if I saw Clio. Wonder as in would doubt myself whether it should be Cleo or Clio, not definitely say to myself that Clio is wrong. Since you have explained the spelling though it makes perfect sense and I'll forever know that it can be either spelling. The car association for me would be momentary if it occurred at all. It is a lovely name that suits all ages.

In Wales it is always Clio. Move to Wales, OP, it’s the only solution.

I like it. It wouldn't be my favourite name, but it's perfectly nice and I wouldn't necessarily think of the car.

Clio is a cooler spelling for the reasons you say but I think people will always get it wrong or assume you're being youneeq somehow. Clio/Cleo is a really pretty name though. I think it's getting a lot more popular