Ivy or Cleo?

[EmmyLiana]

Sorry.. its me AGAIN.
we had already decided on Ivy for a girl and were already looking for middle names, but now we came across a new name we fell in love with: Cleo!
While we were afraid our families in Brazil may struggle with an English name like Ivy, Cleo would be a lot easier. It is quite rare (at least as far as I know), but still not difficult for people to spell or pronounce and unlike Ivy it actually exists there.
OH still prefers Ivy, but I'm leaning a bit more towards Cleo now! But we both love them both.
What do you think? which name would you prefer for us?

Also: If we were to go with Cleo, should we use it as a nn or just Cleo? And what could it be a nn for? We dont like the obvious Cleopatra... and not too keen on Cleora/Cleona either....

What do you think?

 

[Mar_15]

I really like Cleo as a stand alone name. Sounds like a smart, mischievous girl that doesn't take any nonsense. And I think it would be nice with the middle name Alicia. Then you could still honour your friend.

 

[Mary Poppins]

Cleo is lovely too, you do have good taste in names! X

 

[Mrs M]

Ooh - I quite like Cleo! Unusual, but I like it!

 

[giuliaplus2]

Cleo is lovely. Personally I would go with Ivy, but for you I think Cleo would be the better choice and it's a pretty name (giuliaplus2)



Emma is having difficulties logging into her account so here's a message from her that she asked me to post:
Thanks - I really love it too!! Sorry guys, I had to use my friends account again, somehow I'm having trouble with my password. Anyway, I do like the idea of Cleo Alice!! I think it flows a bit better than Ivy Alice (in my opinion). Just need to convince OH!

 

[Maid of Kent]

Cleo for me too xx

 

[EmmyLiana]

It seems like our front runner right now is Cleo! OH wants to spell it Cléo, though... as that's the Brazilian spelling. In brazil they pronounce Cleo "klay-o", whereas in most english speaking countries people say "klee-o". I like both pronounciations and actually like that it's pronounced a bit differently in both languages. Going with Cléo would probably indicate that it's pronounced klay-o, right?

Also we're trying to find a middle name to go with it. We love Cleo Alice, but also like Cleo Alyssa (also in honour of my friend Alice, without using the exact same name, but rather a similar sounding name). Which one would you prefer?

 

[H16]

I love both names - either is a good choice. If you did end up going back to Ivy though my gran was called Ivy May and I always thought it was such a pretty name x

 

[EmmyLiana]

Thanks for all the lovely comments. We found out our we're in fact team PINK and we've decided to name her Cleo Alice

 

[Gillyboos]

Love Cleo Alice

 

[MrsMeaney]

Definitely Cleo

 

[Clairabelle]

I have a friend called Cleo. I'd never heard of it before her, so is very unique but also a lovely name. I think Cleo Alice go perfect together. Fab choice xx

 

[MaryGreen]

You've chosen a great name! Cleo is very beautiful not only for a baby girl, but also for a gorgeous woman that she'll definitely grew into)

 

[Kirsty.Y.84]

Love the name cleo. It's on my list for if we ever had a girl

 

[carlyhan]

Ivy is a lovely girls name and it reminds me of a beautiful friend of mine

 

[russellmuscle]

I like Cleo Alice.

My friends little girl's name is Ivy, not heard of any Cleo's in ages.

xxx

 

[DaddyRice]

I like Cleo as it is

 

[kellylou]

Cleo is lovley

 

[MiaMathews]

Hearing Cleo I always have someone gorgeous in front of my eyes) Go for it!

 

[sammielou]

I much prefer Cleo, and as is - I wouldn't search for a longer form.