Clementine and Colette

[LadyWilhelmina]

1. Thoughts on both names?
2. Which one do you prefer more?

I thought this was going to be names for twins! Both great!

Clementine. I love this and considered it for my dd but someone close to me used it. It is a bit marmite though, someone I work with also had it and a lot of people in the office really hated it. I was also a bit put off by the ‘teen’ or ‘Tyne’ issue.

I’m not keen on Colette but can’t put my finger on why. Nothing wrong with it though, just personal taste. It’s more unusual than Clementine and I can’t see there being any pronunciation issues.

Colette is a lovely name, so pretty and classy.

Clementine is lovely (teen in my head)

Colette - not so keen.

I prefer Clementine. I feel Colette is dated, but that could just be because of the girls/women I know with those names.

Don't like either, sorry.
Clementine is too long it needs a shorter form but "clem' is awful.

Claudia is nicer imo or Clio

Colette is a short form already. Nicole. I prefer the sound Colette to the sound Clementine.

Colette. Love it. Clementine to me will always be Mark Owen but I realise im old.

They are both lovely. I especially love Clementine. DD was almost named that with the nickname Cleo, but we didn’t like Clemmy as a potential nickname so we just went for Cleo as a full name! Also like a previous suggestion of Claudia.

I don’t care for either for different reasons. Clementine is a bit frilly, and Colette feels very dated to me.

I love both
Not keen on shortened Clementine. My bf Colette hates Col
Just throwing it out there… these names put me in mind of Chemmy (Alcott) full name - Chimene Mary

Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine
Collette, Collette! O was I dreaming when we met?

Interesting (okay, to me) that they're both featuring in songs.

Both are lovely names.

I prefer Clementine. It reminds me of an educational tv series I watched during French lessons in 7th and 8th grade. It was about a a French girl named Clementine.

I like Collette more

Clementine is one of my favourite names. It's gorgeous.
I didn't think I was going to have DC so I used it for a much beloved dog, rendering it unusable for my DD who arrived 6 years later. I was gutted when I realised I couldn't shortlist it.

Nn naturally evolved from Clemmie to Clem to Tiny.

I’m a sucker for a pretty French name so I think Colette is delightful.

Clementine I don’t like the shortenings.

I like both, slightly prefer Colette.

Colette.
Clemency I prefer to Clementine.

Do you like Cosette, Claudette or Claire?

I think Lettie is a gorgeous nickname and you could shorten Collette to that.

I prefer Clementine to Colette. I also like the shortenings, but do be prepared that people won’t know if it’s teen or tyne.

Not keen on either of them. Neither are bad but Clementine is long and makes me think of an orange fruit. Clemmie makes me think clammy. Colette seems a bit dated.

Colette

I don't like the potential nn for Clementine. Clem, Clemmmy..

Colette has much nicer nn in my opinion- Col, Ettie

I like Clementine but Clem/Clemmie sound too much like phlegm/phlegmy to me so would put me off. I prefer the shorten options for Colette, Lettie...Ettie, Etta etc.

I think Colette would be shortened to Col, like Colin is. it wouldn't cross my mind to 'shorten' it to Lettie, Ettie or Etta. They are just as long in terms of syllables.

Don’t like either sorry. Clementine is such a mouthful and Colette is old fashioned (not in a good way) and very harsh sounding.

Really dislike both sorry! Colette sounds very dated to me and Clementine is just long, frilly and a bit try-hard to me.