Clementine?

[Mousesmummy]

Oh my darling. . . Yes or no???
2 days to go and no closer to a name????

Lovely. I know one beautiful 20 year old Clementine, always known as Clemmie mind you.

It's nice but a bit of a mouthful. I imagine it would always be shortened to Clem or Clemmie which are okay.

I like the full version (it is DD's middle name), but I think Clemmie sounds like clammy, which is not so nice!

That's the problem with nn's eh? I also love Vivienne but really dislike Viv!

No.It's horrid imho. And she'll soon get tired of hearing that song.

Mousemummy , DSD is called Violet but her Mum and Dad HATED her being called Vi, so they shortened it themselves to V, would that or something similar work?

It's a bit harsh imo.

I'd love to be brave enough to use it. But I think its one of those fantasy names, like Calypso or Bluebell that we all love but wouldn't dare use.

violet is lovely!Not sure about V? I love the way Vivienne looks, DH dislikes both btw!!!

I loved it until everyone sung the song, said orange or flemmie to me!

Vivienne is very pretty without any of the possible nasty nicknames

my ss is clemency.usually shortened to clem or clemmie.mn is vienna which is very pretty imo.

Love it. Was top of my list for if I had a girl. Winston Churchill's wife was Clementine, so not a fantasy name at all. It used to be quite popular, and hence like a lot of 'old lady' names is coming back round again.

I'd have probably ende up calling her Tiny.

Gorgeous.

I like it Also like Clemency and Clementina.

Clemency or Clementine are no 1 on my and DH's list. We will def be using if its a girl!

Clemmie will be the nn for us...

I LOVE it obviously!

(Felix is our no 1 for a boy..)

I think it is fabulous and would love to be brave enough to use it. maybe i would but just as a middle name. I think the song is only significant to those in an older generation, I'm a teacher and remember trying to explain to my Year 9s that the "Beasts of England" song from Animal Farm would be to the tune of "Oh my darling..." and they didn't have a clue what I was talking about...Go for it!!

Lots of positives here - thanks!!!
We have a Bridget, Martha and Esther so want something similar - a 'proper' name but not very common IYSWIM?
May well be a boy though so????
Thanks for your posts ladies xx

I love it!

I like it but can't stand Clem or Clemmie for some reason.

Love it, my DD's middle name. Would have loved to use it as a first name but DH was not convinced.

I think Clemency goes better with your other names. I have this thing about name lenght and couldn't have one much longer than the others!

Plus Clementine is very frilly compared to your other 3.

Clementine is fab.

Tis the middle name of a character in Thomas Hardy Return of the Native - a baby called Eustacia Clementine - always thought it quite sweet myself

I like Clementine, but not the shortened versions, and as it is quite a mouthful, it would end up being shortened all the time?