Clotilda

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come across it several times and quite like it

go for it

its seriously one of the ugliest names i ever heard

Don't beat around the bush will you Custardo

Personally, I don't like it.

Oh god no.

Prefer Clothilde

Blood clot.

Tilda is nice though

Sounds like some kind of medicine - clomid? What's that then?

There are some windup threads around today, clearly.

I hope this is one of them!

Was not a wind up, just an interesting discovery, I rather like it's proximity to clotted cream myself - like a lovely milkmaid, not going to use it, though.

sounds like a STD..

sounds like you couldn't decide between Chloe and Matilda and thought 'oh well we'll have half and half'

Everyone at school will shorten it to "Clot".

This had to be the worst names ever suggested on Mumsnet.

sounds like a brand of dishcloth

It's a French name not a cut-n-shut name

If you do go for it, at least spell it correctly as someone else suggested: Clothilde.

But she will just be known as Clot which ever way you spell it.

Sounds like a gynaecological disease.

imagine shouting "clotilda come in for your tea" .ghastly. waiting for the howls of derision

Couldn't have put it better, Crackfox.

There is a basic flaw with Clotilda. Hav e we spotted it yet?

As others have alluded to, there are very good reasons why this name is not in common use in English.

There are other French names which really don't work in English. Fanny?

Laurence for a girl

dogofpoints what is the basic flaw?

Sorry but don't like it either!

I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I saw this thread title pop up.

In the words of John Mcenroe "You cannot be serious" !