Pronunciation of Clementine

[Chamallo]

We’re having a girl and my front runner at the moment is Clémentine (I know the accent won’t be on passport).

Would you pronounce this Cle-mon-teen or Clem-un-tine (long i / eye sound)? Or something else?

And if this was your name, would it bother you if people (including different family members) pronounced it differently?

It is lovely on a French child. Sadly kids here will likely associate it with a satsuma.

I say it "Clem un teen". I think it's a lovely name, I can't see a problem with slightly different pronunciation.

She will become Clemmie or Clem so make sure you're happy with that. For me it's definitely the EYE sound.

I pronounce it Clem-un-tine. No idea if that is the correct, French pronunciation though? If relevant, I grew up abroad but have have lived in England 25yrs and my 1st language is English.

And if this was your name, would it bother you if people (including different family members) pronounced it differently? YES

For me I'd rhyme is with Newcastle upon Tyne. Also associate them with an orange and mentally rename them satsuma.

Would never get that there's an accent on the first e to make it clay not cleh.

Not a great name TBH.

Clem men tine

If you’re using the acute accent, you’re presumably signalling that you’re using the French pronunciation, roughly ‘Clay- maun-TEEN’?

Pronounce it like the song, oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling clementine.

It’ll be pronounced like the satsuma-like fruit…

And abbreviated to Clemmie or Clem.

ETA… And that sing will follow her everywhere!

Clem un tine

What about Clémence or Clemency?

Clementine with the 'eye' sound if it's the name.
Clemen'teen' if it's the fruit.

But you seem to be going with the French version which wouldn't have the eye sound and the é would be pronounced differently too. Are you French?If not,you're introducing another layer of interpretation.
To answer your question : yes, different pronunciations probably would bother me.

I suspect that most English speakers will be swayed by the pronunciation used in the song "My Darling Clementine".

In the UK it will be ClemenTINE because that's how we pronounce the fruit.

Nothing wrong with that.

it's a cute name and abbreviates easily.

You absolutely cannot control how your child's name is pronounced once they start school.

Clementine with the 'eye' sound if it's the name.

Clementine Churchill, the best known British Clementine, pronounced it Clementeen.

I'd say Clem-un-teen, as Clementine Churchill did.

I'd correct people who used any other pronunciation.

Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Clementine.

Are you french speaking ? If so it’s a great name . If not, the accent absolutely does not work in English. And in English it would be Clementine with the long i sound. We named first son Louis as in French pronunciation. not Lewis. No one in UK could get it right ! Then we moved to French speaking country and it’s perfect! (Did not move because of his name 😆)

The sounding of Louis is obvious
Im not French

You say no one in England could get it right ??

I love it. I pronounce it Clem en Tyne like tine of a fork. I do like @Oeufs french pronunciation very much.

Cle.men.teen

It will be Clemmunt-een or Clemment-ine in the UK and shortened to Clemmie.
Would I mind? Dunno but a Stéphanie I know hates being called Steph or 'Stefuhny'. She is 'Sté phan ee'.
If Clementine was my name, I'd change my name.

This

This is how I would pronounce it but I live in quite a French area of London and we have quite a few around here and that’s how they pronounce it.

I'd say it like in the song too unless I'd been told it was teen. I wouldn't be affecting un accent français because I have a strong regional accent when I speak French.