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?

Clem un Tyne
Is how I said it in my head

Clemen TYNE in English

Unless you are Clementine Churchill, or named after her.

I don't know where Clemuntine comes from, but that just sounds ugly to my ears.

Neither is wrong just what you prefer. Personally prefer to rhyme with wine. Most people only need telling once it’s not complex.

That song dates back to 1884 so unless you are a time traveller and will be living in the 1890s it’s not an issue.

Sorry I think you would get a mix of both pronunciations and personally i just think orange.

I would pronounce it Clem-un-tine (like Valentine)
It’s a pretty name

@HelenaWilson , it's the English pronunciation. How to pronounce CLEMENTINE in English
And the French one:
clémentine pronunciation: How to pronounce clémentine in French

Clemm- enn-teen
lovely name
i doubt anyone under forty knows that awful song

In a cavern in a canyon exacting for a mine…

Just because you don't know it doesn't mean nobody else does.

And yet it’s still referenced and widely known, as suggested by many people on this thread, who presumably aren’t time travellers. It shows up in Outlander, Animal Farm, lots of films and TV. Lots of people have recorded it. Tom Lehrer used it as an example of why folk songs are awful and parodied it in the styles of Cole Porter, Gilbert and Sullivan, Mozart etc. It’s notorious in Ireland because the then NI secretary sang it on tv the same day eight people had been killed in a bombing. Like it or not, it’s still well-known.

That song dates back to 1884 so unless you are a time traveller and will be living in the 1890s it’s not an issue.
Damn, I've been rumbled. I'll fire up the Time Machine and leave the Eloi alone.

Teen

I love the name, I’d pronounce it the French way but I do speak French well having studied it to A-level. I think most Brits would pronounce it the other way naturally though. And yes it would bother me a bit. What about Amandine? Have always loved that name. More unusual so less chance of it being mispronounced? Or something like Camille or Fleur or even Amelie are likely to be pronounced close to correctly if you’re looking for a French name!

it's the English pronunciation.

I am English. I don't pronounce it Clemuntine.

All the British ones I’ve known have pronounced it -teen. Clemen-tyne is the standard American pronunciation (like the song).

@HelenaWilson , you asked where it had come from. How do you say Helen or Helena?

Or Evangeline? My son had a friend called this in an area with no French people pretty much but it was pronounced correctly by people (well, close! At least the last bit!)

I’d pronounce like the baby orange, and the song.

Written with the accent I'd pronounce it roughly the French way. Without an accent, I'd be unsure and would double check rather than assuming.

Clem en tyne

For both the name and the fruit.

Where I live, Louis was always pronounced the same as “Lewis”, until very recently people began to pronounce it the French way thanks to Prince Louis. I think people would still ask “Is it Lewis or Loo-ey”?

I've only heard it as 'Louie' in the UK. Louis Mountbatten was a well-known name. Louis Vuitton and Louis Pasteur are also well-known names.
I would say Louis said as 'Lewis' was the American way with the British pronunciation being Louie.

I’d probably go clem-en-teen first but I wouldnt be sure and would expect I could be wrong and it was Clem-en-tye-n instead

It’s Clemen-Tyne pronounciation but lose the pretentious accent on the e. It’s not needed.

It’s okay as far as fruit themed names go. Better than apple that’s for sure,

It's not pretentious if the OP is french.