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Clemency - what do you think?

44 replies

emily12345 · 08/09/2008 15:56

I like this name but when I've mentioned it to friends, it gets the thumbs down. Would love some opinions!

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snarky · 08/09/2008 15:57

I prefer Clemence, Clement (for a boy) or Clementine

but Clemency is quite pretty too

nigeltuffnell · 08/09/2008 16:11

Very pretty, I love Clement for a boy too, Clem for short, very warm, friendly name.
DP disagreed, he said it made him think of clammy......

DarrellRivers · 08/09/2008 16:12

My french exchange's little sister was called Clemence, and I think it is lovely

ginnny · 08/09/2008 16:21

I think its horrible.
Sorry.

Califrau · 08/09/2008 16:25

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Tommy · 08/09/2008 16:28

I love it

I wanted Clement for a boy but DH wouldn't hear of it - he said if we get a male cat I can call it Clement

moodlumthehoodlum · 08/09/2008 16:35

sorry, I don't like it. Its not a name, its a plea.

Ledodgy · 08/09/2008 16:42

Clementine is better than you can sing 'Oh my darling, Oh my darling...' to her.

halogen · 08/09/2008 17:08

Clemency is absolutely gorgeous. I love it.

MerryMarigold · 08/09/2008 17:38

Clemency is just a word to me, not a person's name. Like calling someone 'Kindness'! Nope. Clem is a nice abbreviation and could be a name on its own.

chandellina · 08/09/2008 19:08

is this really a name?? i am in the Clementine camp.

clem·en·cy

  1. the quality of being clement; disposition to show forbearance, compassion, or forgiveness in judging or punishing; leniency; mercy.
  2. an act or deed showing mercy or leniency.
  3. (of the weather) mildness or temperateness.
differentID · 08/09/2008 19:14

Clemency first started being used by the puritans- would you therefore class Faith, Hope,Joy, Charity, Patience as names because their a word? It's certainly less common than those ones, but so is Verity and that is becoming more popular.

preggersplayspop · 08/09/2008 19:19

I think of it being a legal term as well, not a name. Clementine I like however.

mrswoolf · 08/09/2008 19:42

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Weegiemum · 08/09/2008 20:00

I like Clemency.

Nice name!

(I dont say this often!)

EffiePerine · 08/09/2008 20:02

like it

dizzydixies · 08/09/2008 20:04

lovrd clementine but dh wouldn't budge, clemency nice too

lotuseener · 08/09/2008 20:09

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

All I can think of is a convict in the US legal system being granted "clemency"!

Hulababy · 08/09/2008 20:09

I don't like Clemency, sorry. Clementine is ok.

3andnomore · 08/09/2008 20:54

horrible....sorry...

FattipuffsandThinnifers · 08/09/2008 21:01

Sounds pretty but yes, too much legal resonance for me.

MrsMattie · 08/09/2008 21:38

Horrid

MerryMarigold · 08/09/2008 21:55

differentID. Any word can become a name if enough people have it as their name. But I still think Clemency is at the 'word' and not 'name' stage, unlike Verity. The puritans also called their girls Chastity - now shall we resurrect that one?!

differentID · 08/09/2008 22:37

Many people have. Cher for one. I love the virtue names, by the way.

Reginaphilangy · 08/09/2008 22:39

Don't like. Sorry.

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