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Clemency

61 replies

jrt2022 · 11/09/2022 14:31

Thoughts on Clemency as a sister to Jemima, Tabitha and Reuben? Would probably use nickname Cece rather than Clem/mie, but like both!

Also, middle name ideas?

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Pawtucketbrew · 11/09/2022 14:35

Sorry makes me think of people on death row who are granted clemency! What about Clementine?

Letsdancedavidbowie · 11/09/2022 14:35

Clemence could be nice

bringbackveronicamars · 11/09/2022 14:39

Clementine would be better due to the association with 'granting mercy'...

Marvellousmadness · 11/09/2022 14:39

Clemency

🙄no

Clementine yes

Why not something ending in A
Like your other daughters

jrt2022 · 11/09/2022 14:40

I like Clemency because of the religious aspect, I think Clementine loses that?And Clementine has also got very popular in my hometown lately. I know 3 under 3 which isn't loads, but also always seeing it on name boards and considering how rare it was before makes me worry it might date badly.

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InsertPunHere · 11/09/2022 14:42

I always like Clémence, not quite as sure about Clemency

jrt2022 · 11/09/2022 14:46

How is Clemence pronounced?

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LadyMonicaBaddingham · 11/09/2022 15:11

Clemency is lovely, I adore virtue names.

Patience is nice too, and I know a beautiful little girl named Confidence

caringcarer · 11/09/2022 15:14

I really don't like Mercy or Clemency as I keep thinking of people pleading for their lives. Can't you find something else. Clementine?

WhatAmIDoingWrong123 · 11/09/2022 15:14

It sounds ridiculous as a name in the Clemency form to me. Clemènce is more of a natural name as well as Clementine.

lilaccottagegarden · 11/09/2022 15:15

I’m a MN outlier as I think clementine is awful. It is a fruit. I quite like Clemency.

Silverpossum · 11/09/2022 15:15

To me it sounds like a deeply religious name from c1900.

PatienceHeatherstone · 11/09/2022 15:17

What about Grace or Gracie? Or Charity? Or Verity?

cheeseandpeanutbutter · 11/09/2022 15:19

I'd prefer Cecily or Cecile and you could still have Ceci as a nn

VioletTopaz · 11/09/2022 15:19

I really like Clemency. Beautiful name.

ofwarren · 11/09/2022 15:30

I like the sound of it
Virtue names don't go down well on mumsnet unfortunately though.

BurnDownTheDiscoHangTheDJ · 11/09/2022 15:33

Clementine is nicer, I think. And makes me think of Churchill's wife, who I read a book about and who seemed like a very cool lady.

wishing3 · 11/09/2022 15:37

I love Clemmy, but my brain thinks of Clemency as a word rather than a name.

BlueThingie · 11/09/2022 15:41

I really love Clemency, much more than any of the other Clem names. Makes me think of Youth and Age on Beaulieu River.

MN always brings up the death row thing but I know a few Clemencys IRL and have never thought of that.

Joolsin · 11/09/2022 15:50

Beautiful name and goes perfectly with your other DC.

Spanielsarepainless · 11/09/2022 16:01

I like it. Middle names: Patricia, Frances, Jane.

RuthW · 11/09/2022 16:11

It's lovely. Go for it

Gr33ngr33ngr4ss · 11/09/2022 16:16

My instinct with it is that it's makes me think she's condescending or in some imbalanced feudal position of power! It's just the image the words conjures for me. Like Prudence does to me too. Like they're somehow pious but not in a good way. (I think Enid Blyton might have influenced this!)

itssquidstella · 11/09/2022 16:18

I love it.

strawberry2017 · 11/09/2022 16:37

It's bloody awful.