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Please please say I can have Clementine

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IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:23

Hi MNers

A few years ago I posted asking whether I should name my baby Clementine. The answers were a resounding no.
I'm now back again, because I clearly can't take a hint.
So...our surname is Harrowdyne. Can I use Clementine (ending 'tyne' ) or am I once again deluding myself?
Feel free to hand me a grip if I need it.
Thanks!!

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ArthurandJessie · 29/06/2020 19:25

Sorry op I dont think it goes with the surname !

SavageBeauty73 · 29/06/2020 19:27

You can't do that with your surname!

Ickabog · 29/06/2020 19:27

I'm really sorry OP, but it's a no from me. You have a lovely surname, and Clementine is a beautiful name, but they just don't go together.

IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:27

Ok. I'm 1 down so far...kinda expected it. But...I'm staying optimistic until the last!

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IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:27

Oh a few cross posts there...hmmm

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Toilenstripes · 29/06/2020 19:28

Clementine is a great name. So what if it rhymes with your surname! She’ll probably get called Clem or Clemmie anyway.

IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:29

I love you Toilen

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icedaisy · 29/06/2020 19:29

I actually like it.

Clementine harrowdyne. Sounds like a character from a lovely wind swept book.

IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:30

And you daisy.

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MikeUniformMike · 29/06/2020 19:30

They rhyme and Firstname Surname doesn't flow that well, and outside the home that's who she will be.
A middle name won't break it up.

It's up to you OP. I wouldn't but if you and the father-to-be are happy with it, then no reason why you can't.

What makes you like it?

Bubbletrouble43 · 29/06/2020 19:31

Didn't bother the parents of Dave Davies. Go for it op.

Ragtime69 · 29/06/2020 19:31

I LOVE IT! excellent name

IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:32

I always have going back years. Some inexplicable magnetic attraction that I can't explain. I just love it. But I hate that our surname rhymes.
Not that it makes a difference but our surname is spelt Harrodine.
Which is also massively outing since there are almost no other people in the country with that name. By meh.

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icedaisy · 29/06/2020 19:32

I have just finished a book where the little girl was clemmie for short.

IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:33

Ooh, this is going better than last time. I'm going to need to print this out as a keepsake.

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allfurcoatnoknickers · 29/06/2020 19:33

How about Clemency instead?

MikeUniformMike · 29/06/2020 19:33

What's wrong with Dave Davies? Are you having a pop at the Welsh there Bub?

I know a Steve Stevens.

Nonnymum · 29/06/2020 19:33

It's a lovely name. But not with a rhyming surname.

thewisp · 29/06/2020 19:34

I love it! I think it goes really well with your last name. And she can always go by Clem / Clemmie.

If you love it OP, don't let other people on here put you off. This is the website where owning a toilet brush is akin to murder after all.

IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:34

Clemency I also really like but the association with death row and pardoning makes me doubt. Plus it's more out there than Clementine. I think...

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MikeUniformMike · 29/06/2020 19:34

Clemency is lovely, use that. Top suggestion @allfurcoatnoknickers

Sober4Summer20 · 29/06/2020 19:34

Clementine is my absolute favourite girls name and I think it sounds lovely with your surname. My husband really doesnt like it so we chose a different name for our daughter but I think it is really pretty and I love Clem as a nickname xx

GlennRheeismyfavourite · 29/06/2020 19:35

Always loathed the name - will end up with Clem or Clemie- which rhymes with phlegm!!!

MikeUniformMike · 29/06/2020 19:35

And she won't get jokes about satsumas.

IdentifyasTired · 29/06/2020 19:36

thewisp you're right. MN is where the toilet brush owning, silly hippie woo nature people come to self flagellate! Grin

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