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Clio - are car comments really a problem?

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Betweentheacts1 · 19/05/2022 14:12

Clio as an alternative to cleo came up on another thread I started. It’s really growing on me but how much of a problem would the car thing be? Any clios out there? Or anyone with a dd clio? Any clios you know?

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OneCup · 21/05/2022 10:22

I thought of the muse of history but clearly many think of the car

Johnnysgirl · 21/05/2022 10:28

OneCup · 21/05/2022 10:22

I thought of the muse of history but clearly many think of the car

Well, yes, many, many more will think of the car.

Mrpunchisagit · 21/05/2022 10:30

Why would you possibly change it to the car spelling?

theotherfossilsister · 21/05/2022 10:44

Clio was the muse of history. I think it's beautiful.

Snowiscold · 21/05/2022 11:24

Mrpunchisagit · 21/05/2022 10:30

Why would you possibly change it to the car spelling?

Clio and Cleo are unrelated names. Clio is an ancient name, the Greek muse of History.

crumpet · 22/05/2022 16:58

Mrpunchisagit · 21/05/2022 10:30

Why would you possibly change it to the car spelling?

The ancient Greeks got there several thousand years before Renault did!

Smartsub · 22/05/2022 17:01

Not only is it a car name, she'll have her name spelt wrong her whole life

Trinacham · 22/05/2022 20:23

I don't think anyone thinks Renault invented the name and the way it's spelt😂🙄 but obviously it is where it is most known from!

ErrolTheDragon · 22/05/2022 22:37

Trinacham · 22/05/2022 20:23

I don't think anyone thinks Renault invented the name and the way it's spelt😂🙄 but obviously it is where it is most known from!

Seems like quite a few on this thread do.

Luredbyapomegranate · 24/05/2022 00:26

toastofthetown · 19/05/2022 14:19

I don’t think the car connection is an issue and I prefer Clio to Cleo. But then I was one of the posters on the other thread suggesting Clio! Might be worth noting that I have next to no interest in cars though, so it really doesn’t take much for me to override a car connection. There have been around ten babies a year called Clio recently, so clearly the name is useable.

Me too. Clio is the muse of history. It wouldn't bother me - and I suspect it's about to get popular as a name, but go with Cleo if it concerns you.

Changechangychange · 24/05/2022 00:56

AmbushedByCake · 19/05/2022 14:14

BIL has a DD,.now a teenager, who has a car name. It was a car name then and its a car name now and it will always be a car name. Don't do it.

Something that was originally a name and is now a car, like Mercedes? Or something like Renault?

AuntTwacky · 24/05/2022 01:20

Brrm brrm

Whatidisthissummer · 24/05/2022 09:17

@Hadtocomment clea is lovely but sadly doesn’t work with the surname…

Whatidisthissummer · 24/05/2022 09:22

Again thanks all for comments

Titsflyingsouth · 29/05/2022 18:45

I know a Cleo. She's about 10.

Clio is definitely car spelling

sageandbasil · 29/05/2022 21:32

I love the name Cleo but spelt that way. The other way is the car

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