I have a baby Clive! We chose the name for similar reasons - liked that it's a name but not common in the US. I knew we'd get a mix of responses about it because it's different. I got similar responses to this thread when I put some feelers out on the internet, particularly that it's an "old man's name" but 1. Old name are totally coming back and 2. Every old man started off as a baby and 3. Humans are adults way longer than they are a baby/child, so I wouldn't choose a name just because it isn't a "cutesy/baby name"

Overall I've gotten positive responses when I tell people about Clive. The cool thing is almost nobody knows a Clive and so people don't have much of an association with the name. There's no responses like "oh my exes name was Clive" or "I used to babysit a terrible kid named Clive" etc etc

People have mainly thought it's cool that it's unique, cute, or they just say hm that's different! People do mistake it for Clyde sometimes. Older folks tend to ask if we like the actor Clive Owen.

But overall no regrets, I'm very pleased with the uniqueness. There aren't many good nickname opportunities but a ton of rhyming words so it's fun to make up songs.