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Her name

posted 9 years ago by magolding-94772
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I never saw the movie but saw the title listed in various sources and always had
trouble remembering if it was Culney Brown or Cluny Brown - and I can't promise that I will remember it right in the future.

No doubt there are scenes in the movie where the odd name is commented on and maybe explained.

Cluny is probably a place name that became a surname and then a surname that became used as a personal name.

There are places in Scotland named Cluny, from the Gaelic word for "meadow", in Aberdeenshire, Fife, Moray, and Western Highlands, as well as a Cluny in France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluny_(disambiguation)

Cluny in France was part of the Duchy (not kingdom, nor county) of Burgundy and is now part of the department of Saone-et-Loire. It is famous for the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny which had the largest church in Europe from about 1100 to 1600 and was a leader in the Cluniac reforms of the catholic church.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluny_Abbey

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6543) 8 years ago

'Tis not explained in the film, but 'tis an Irish name. Probably reflects the tendency of women to be named after men, e.g. Billie, Johnna, Nigella, and many more.

Read more at http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Cluny :

The baby boy name Cluny is pronounced as KLuw-NNIY- †. Cluny is primarily used in the English language and it is of Irish origin. The name means from the meadow.

The names Clooney, Cloony, Clunainach, Clunea, Cluneah, Clunee, Cluney, Cluni, and Clunie are forms of Cluny.

Another variant of Cluny is the short form Clu.

Cluny is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000.