Matilda Clementine or Clementine Florence

[ThistleWigz]

Hello!

Due a baby girl start of February and have narrowed it down to these choices. I probably wouldn’t shorten either first name day to day, but appreciate that other people might. We pronounce Clementine to rhyme with fine.

We’re based in the North East and haven’t met a child with either name. I appreciate Matilda is a lot more popular than Clementine, but this doesn’t bother me.

Would you rather be called Matilda or Clementine?

I like them both but I think Clementine Florence has the edge.

I'd go Matilda Florence personally

Clementine Florence

Thanks for all your help! We named our strong, sassy baby girl Matilda Clementine. We love her name so much and think it really suits her!

Congratulations! 💐a beautiful name for a beautiful baby.

She's beautiful - congratulations!!

PS - I preferred Matilda too!!

Matilda. More grown up than Clementine.

Matilda, but I'm not keen on either of them

Beautiful name, congratulations!

Beautiful choice, that would be my pick as well.
I wouldn't choose Clementine Florence because I feel Clementine will horribly date in next few years, it's already lost the steam from a few years ago and I feel Clementine would totally tell it's 2018 birthday.

I really don't like Matilda so Clementine Florence for me.

Maybe make sure you’ve read all of OP’s updates before posting.

Clementine Florence is beautiful.

I find Matilda harsh in comparison.

Again, please read the updates.

OP has updated. Her baby has been born and she has been named Matilda Clementine.

Clementine Florence

Clementine is the most beautiful name. But I remember a Clemmie from school and I'm afraid she was called Phlegmie (flemmy clemmie).

Matilda

Clementine is nice but a bit twee, Florence even more so

@SwedeCarrotLime

Who made you the thread police??

Anyway - good choice op and congratulations

That’s a funny way of spelling ‘sorry OP, I didn’t notice the date on your first post.’

I really wish @mnhq would let OPs pin an update post to the top of the thread for situations like this.

In the meantime it’s not policing to point out that there are updates and that it’s crass to critique the names once the baby has been born and named.

Congratulations OP!

If I had to choose one of those to be my name, I'd choose Matilda and I'd shorten it to Tilda as I prefer shorter names.

Matilda does make me want to sing Waltzing Matilda though (lots of Australian family 😂)

Ah just saw you went with Matilda. Congratulations OP 😊

Matilda 10000%.
I’m not sure what it is but the name Clementine makes me cringe. Would you like to be called Clementine and how would it feel shouting that name in a park?

I like Clementine but not ‘Clemmie’. Sounds like clammy and is just a horrible word. Same with Imogen/‘Immie’, beautiful names with awful, sickly nicknames.

Matilda is really lovely, and I LOVE the name Mathilde. Dislike Tilly but LOVE Tilda.

Not keen on the name Florence. I know a couple of kids named it and it weirdly doesn’t suit them… I think it’s an ugly, clunky name. Flo makes me think of a period. It’s better as a middle name though, if it’s the honour someone.

I’d choose Matilda Clementine.
I think Mathilde Clementina is cooler!!

Ooops, old thread! Lovely name OP!