Do You like the name Clemence?

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like the name [name_f]Clemence[/name_f]?
I am from Belgium and I speak [name_m]French[/name_m], my husband is american, we live in the US.
I’d like to give To my daughter a french-belgian name. She has belgian roots after all!
I searched french names and I found [name_f]Clemence[/name_f], I fell in love with the name. [name_f]Clemence[/name_f] have a deep meaning. A lot of queens in [name_f]France[/name_f] are named Clémence! For the historical part.
My husband find it lovely with the french accent, but we live in [name_u]America[/name_u]. With the American accent it’s far from being the same thing!
He prefer [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] (that I like but I don’t [name_u]LOVE[/name_u]) or [name_u]Clemmie[/name_u] ([name_f]Lovely[/name_f] but sounds more like a nickname)
What do you think?
Can you give me some ideas?
Thanks:D

[name_f]Clemence[/name_f] is absolutely beautiful but unfortunately I think you’ll have a hard time getting people to pronounce it correctly. But if you don’t mind that and are happy to persevere in terms of correcting people then I say go for it!

I also love [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and do think that would be an easier option for you, and still lovely. And [name_u]Clemmie[/name_u] could be a nickname (I agree with you, it’s more a nickname than a full one).

Either name is lovely so you can’t go wrong :slight_smile:

Thank you so much for your answer! I don’t care if I have a hard time getting people to pronounce it correctly but I have to convince my husband, a tough task

I adore [name_f]Clemence[/name_f]. Another option to avoid the mispronunciation would be [name_f]Clemency[/name_f], but I understand that you prefer the french [name_f]Clemence[/name_f]. Since you said you don’t mind correcting people, I say go for it. [name_f]Clemence[/name_f] is such a lovely name. :slight_smile:

I like [name_f]Clemence[/name_f], I like [name_f]Clemency[/name_f] as well because virtue names that aren’t overused are dope.

I don’t really like [name_f]Clemence[/name_f], I just don’t like the sound of it. I love [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] though.

Agreed with others that [name_f]Clemence[/name_f] is lovely but less lovely when said by most Americans. I love [name_m]French[/name_m] names and this is sadly true for a lot of my favorites. [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] is more popular stateside for this reason. It doesn’t mean you can’t use [name_f]Clemence[/name_f], just worth weighing the likelihood of frequently correcting people on pronunciation.

I’d have no idea how to pronounce [name_f]Clemence[/name_f] if not kle-mens. I grew up having my name mispronounced a lot, and while you don’t mind, your daughter might. I definitely found it annoying and tiring! [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] “[name_u]Clemmie[/name_u]” seems like a better option. Though if you’re not 100% sold on it, don’t compromise just yet! I’m sure there are many more Belgian-[name_m]French[/name_m] names out there.

Thanks for your opinion! You probably doesn’t like the sound because you doesn’t speak [name_m]French[/name_m]… Im afraid that most of people where I live think like you, and that’s normal :wink:

Maybe we should use it as her middle name?

You are right! I want that my daughter feels unique but not different. My brother have a unique name “Hypolite” a lot of people love it and a lot of people hate it. When he was a kid he was often sad about his name. I don’t want that my daughter feels sad about her name. A name that is going to follow her through her entire life!

My husband suggest me to use it as her middle name.
After reflexion I think that it’s the most reasonible choice!
But we have to find a first name, and this is very diffcult. We have almost no idea, and we have different taste.

I really like Clémence in [name_m]French[/name_m], but I feel that the correct pronunciation is not obvious for English speakers and in the US it would likely be mispronounced. While mispronunciations can of course be corrected, it may be a bit tiresome to always have to do so. I think using it as a middle name is a good compromise.

It has a pretty sound in [name_m]French[/name_m], but not in English. Too close to [name_m]Clement[/name_m].
However, would [name_f]Clothilde[/name_f] or [name_f]Claudine[/name_f] work? I thnk both are lovely.

[name_f]Clemence[/name_f] is cute! And you could totally use [name_u]Clemmie[/name_u] as a nickname for easier pronounciation and to compromise with your husband.

Such a cute name! I prefer it to [name_f]Clementine[/name_f].

Good find! Very pretty!!

I agree that Clémence sounds nicer in [name_m]French[/name_m] than English. It sounds like it has lovely connections though, and that you really love it, so I think you could use it anyways.

You can use the [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation at home and she can use the English pronunciation at school/etc. A friend of mine growing up had a name that’s a common English name, but pronounced differently in her family’s language, and at school she introduced herself as/used the English pronunciation, but her family always used the pronunciation in their language.

Not sure if you would consider that, but I think it’s fine to use a name that’s pronounced differently in [name_m]French[/name_m] and English, and use both pronunciations! And the nickname [name_u]Clemmie[/name_u] would work for [name_f]Clemence[/name_f] too which your husband might like.