Clarence - possible name for a girl?

[TheRedFox]

I've just come across the name Clarence and instinctively thought it was a girl's name - turns out I was wrong!

However I think it's for quite a feminine feel to it so could be used for a girl - or am I going mad?!

Cadence is a girls name and sounds similar

I like it.

Garance is a girl's name

Go for Harbottle. Much more class.

Quite a well known boys name

Nuns don't count! They will often take the names of male saints. At my school we had Sister Mary Mark and Sister Mary David and Sister Justin...

Clarence is a boy's name. Just pick a girl's name for your daughter.

If you like it, use it.

Bear in mind that you’re saddling someone else with a boy’s name, not using it yourself, which always strikes me as mean.

Thanks to my kids this is what springs to mind when au gear the name,

The lion. Bless him.

Quite mad I’m afraid!
If you like the [-ice] sound at the end, might I suggest Boris for her?

Notso! - if ever there were a mental picture to kill a name stone dead!

Coming across Clarence and thinking it’s a girls name is akin to ‘coming across’ the name Esther and thinking it is a boys name.

If you like the [-ice] sound at the end, might I suggest Boris for her?

brilliant!

The -ence ending does look feminine. How about Florence, Prudence or Clemence?

In France Laurence is a girls name, the feminine version of Laurent.

Acouple of months old but yes @TheRedFox I think Clarence is a cool girls name , especially as obvious nickname is Clarie

I know a few Aurora (nn Rory) and even a Noah who is a girl. I’d be happy if it were my name

Perfect if your surname is House.

How about Florence.

Pedant alert:

Noa is a Hebrew female name; it sounds the same as the male Noah.

Rory is an English version of a Scottish and Irish Gaelic male name (Ruairidh) that means 'red-haired king'.

Aurora was the ancient Roman goddess of dawn. Just because some people use 'Rory' as a nickname for Aurora does not (IMHO) mean that 'Rory' is a female name.

Rodina is a rare Scottish female name that is based on the male name 'Roddy' (which is a nickname for Ruairidh).

@florascotia2 hello pedant 😊

The female Noah I know is spelt Noah. There’s also a fairly large public Instagram account who has a daughter called Noah @bfnemma

14 girls were born called Rory (not as a nickname but full name) in the Uk last year