[Opinions] Clarence
Is this irredeemably uncool? I don't even know an elderly Clarence ... Perhaps it is time for a comeback. I really like it. Thoughts?
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It's very old mannish and the fact that It's a Wonderful Life is still played all the time doesn't make one picture a youthful Clarence so I don't see it being popular again.
You're talking about for a boy right? I love it. I love the nickname Clare on a boy, which was originally a boy's name anyway. I think it is very handsome.
I think Clarence is pretty darn cool myself. Perhaps it is time for a comeback, who knows? But I wouldn't worry about that. If you like it, you like it.
It is a cool name, but not the kind I'd use.
I really like this name, although I've never heard it used outside of literature. But I agree with an earlier post that yes, when it comes back, it will probably come back as a girls' name.
It does make me think of an old guy. But it is kind of cool.
I have mixed feelings on Clarence. On the one hand, it sort of has this quirky-cool feeling like Jasper. On the other hand, it has a really hard sound. I think it could make a comeback.
There have been so many uses of Clarence in American literature and culture to telegraph "namby-pamby" or "ineffectual" characteristics that it's a bit harder to see it coming back for boys than some of the other Victorian male fashions.
Actually, I think there is a chance that when Clarence is revived next in the USA that it will switch gender. If Cadence continues its great popularity as a female name, Clarence may start to sound like a "cool" name for a girl to some young parents who hear it as a blend of Clara and Cadence.
Actually, I think there is a chance that when Clarence is revived next in the USA that it will switch gender. If Cadence continues its great popularity as a female name, Clarence may start to sound like a "cool" name for a girl to some young parents who hear it as a blend of Clara and Cadence.
I do remember someone here mentioning Clarence on a girl a long time ago. I don't think it sounds terrible as such.
I can see that poncy image of Clarence, even though I am in Scotland (and it's never been much used here, in literature or otherwise). Hmm. It may have to be consigned to the guilty pleasure pile :)
I can see that poncy image of Clarence, even though I am in Scotland (and it's never been much used here, in literature or otherwise). Hmm. It may have to be consigned to the guilty pleasure pile :)
that was me I think I found it in a BA