Clemency, yes, no, maybe?

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I really like Clemency. I feel it is a positive , happy name and a feisty one. I really like Clemmie as a nickname but when I mentioned it to a friend she was really down on it.

i had a French friend at uni who was called Clémence which I thought at the time sounded so sophisticated but again very negative reaction from family

Hard pass from me, sorry.

I don't like it. Sorry.
I mean, what if your child is having a tantrum in the supermarket and you have to shout "clemency" loudly?! People will think you are crying out for mercy rather than just saying your child's name.

It means mercy (like all those Clem- names). It’s really odd to me that people on here haven’t come across it as a name. I can see it might not be everyone’s choice but telling someone they’d sound foolish for using a perfectly normal name is pretty rude.

I love Clemency as a name, much better than Clementine .
One of Susan Hill's daughters is called Clemency if I remember right.( Susan Hill the writer)

I have a cousin Clemency, although she usually gets called Clemmie for short. Beautiful name - I do love virtue names though. Verity and Constance are my favourites.

Ignore the "you'll sound foolish" comments. The only people who look foolish are those who might criticize the name, not knowing what it really means. Other people's ignorance shouldn't guide your life choices.
It's a beautiful name, with a lovely meaning, and adorable nicknames. I LOVE it.

Love Clemency! I think Clem is a great shortening but less keen on Clemmie which sounds dangerously close to chlamydia. I know 3 little Clementines and an adult Clement but no Clemency. I say go for it!

Awful. Sorry OP

I too thought of Susan Hill's third daughter. I love this name. It is nicer than Clementine IMO.

It is a perfectly normal name also!

I know a Clement and he gets shortened to Clem or Clemmie, although I guess he'll grown out of that one as he gets older. I like it.

This! I really like Clementine especially.

No.

I’m not the biggest fan of any of the Clem names as I’m not too keen on Clemmie, but that’s just my personal preference- and if anything I think I prefer Clemency to Clementine.

Love it. Nice virtue name like Verity.

I prefer BustedFromJail or IDoneMyTimeGuv

No seriously… it’s not great. It isn’t actually a very nice sound, it’s a bit hard to say, will sound terrible in some accents, Clemmie just sounds like clammy or phlegm- don’t do it.

Verity is lovely

I'm not a big fan of virtue names. Find them a bit wet.

I picture Clemency as the morally upright heroine of some very chaste Victorian novel for young ladies. 'Clemency - Faithful and True'.

She probably dies of TB. In a ladylike fashion.

Too death-row-y for me

No, and Clementine is an orange.

I love it.

Miss Clemency Millington and her spinster chaperone, Great Aunt Euphemia.

It’s a beautiful name, though I also knew a lovely little girl called Clementine nn Clemmy.

Hard no from me 😱

Ds has 4 friends "Clemmie /Clemmy " either Clemency or Clementine. I don't think it's a name to be "down on" . I think Clemmy / Clemmie is rather pretty.