Clementine

[toughgetsgoing]

what's the consensus on pronunciation, and thoughts on Minty, Minnie and Clem/Clemmie (prefer first two but don't mind any)

One of my favourite names. It’s beautiful and has so many nickname options if you want them

I really like the name, but just can’t get away from the fact that it makes me think of phlegm .

Beautiful name ❤️

I read on Somersetlive.co.uk that food names are on the rise - I don't know if this was just speculation or an actual statistic but Clementine was on the list as were Ginger and Brie.

The article also predicted that more vintage names and muted shade names such as Dove, Pearl, Gray etc were also on the rise.

I like Clementine and have always liked it although I do get odd looks when I admit it out loud. Although I like it (especially for a fictional character or middle name) I wouldn't use it.

Lovely. Wouldn't be brave enough to use it myself, but would admire it as a very pretty name.

Can’t get past phlegm that’s why we never had it

Clemmie the phlegmie

Really beautiful name - one of my favourites. Just love it

Love the name. Wish I could use it bit as DH has red hair their is always the possibility that any extra DC would.

Nn I would go with Clemmie

Love the name, never sure why it's not more popular!

Hmm, seems people like it but do you think she'll get teased when she's little - adult? Don't mind slight but do you think it's hard to pull off or will she just be Clemmie and not find it a problem? Should it be kept as a middle ? Thanks :)

@toughgetsgoing Why do you think she'll be teased?

@raindrop83 just because I know any name can get teased blah blah but Clementine is a fruit ?? I think it should be fine because no one's said she will get teased though :)

@toughgetsgoing thing is you have to be confident with your choice...what are your other options?

Where I live "minty" means something is crap. Clementine reminds me of Westworld 😊

Minty just makes me think of the Eastenders character from years ago! I've never heard of it being used as a nickname for Clementine though, not sure where that's come from!

Sorry I dont like it. I get that awful cowboy song in my head when I hear it. Oh my darlin, oh my darlin, oh my daaaaaaarrrrlin Clementine 😖

Yes I do like it and no ones mentioned teasing - any name can get it after all. Like Minty from Araminta but not brave enough to use it since it's a name that even smart people think is too humorously posh to use. At the end of the day she has some flexibility with Clementine and I don't mind any nickname apart from Emmie which I admittedly dislike but doubt she will use.

I quite like Clementine but not Clem or Clemmie for reasons mentioned upthread. I think if you want her to be known as Minnie or Minty then introduce that as a diminutive from day one. My daughters day to day name is not the usual diminutive for her BC name but she’s been called if from day one so no one has ever questioned it and it’s the name she identifies as. She would never go by the more ‘usual’ diminutive now as it’s just not her name.

It’s a lovely name. I immediately pronounce it with a rhyme to ‘mean’ at the end (because i remember the cartoon).

Clemencia is similar.

Sorry, but I really dislike it. It's a fruit. You wouldn't call your child Mango, would you? I know Clementine is a fairly mainstream name but every time I hear it I still picture an orange, rather than a child with it as their name. Don't like the nicknames Clem or Clemmy either.

But Mango isn't a name in its own right, Clementine is!

@raindrop83 I know that. That's why I said, I'm aware that Clementine is a mainstream name. My point was that regardless of whether it's a name or not, I automatically associate Clementine with the fruit when I hear it.

Clementine is nice. It's a bit goody-goody for my taste, but I knew an old lady once called Clemmie, and she was gorgeous.

You can't use Minty. That was that horrible fat slob bloke from EastEnders in the 90s, otherwise it sounds like a drug dealer.

Any nickname is better than Clem. It sounds like Victorian slang for the vagina.

I think it's beautiful but I absolutely CANNOT get the Mark Owen song of the same name out of my head now!!