Girl · Latin
Clementina
Say it: klem-en-TEE-nuh
Meaning
Derived from Clemens 'merciful, mild'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Formed from the papal name Clement; Clementine was fashionable in Victorian Britain and has returned in France.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 1,638 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 19,700 girls
- 8 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Clementine |
|---|---|
| French | Clémentine |
| Italian | Clementina |
| Spanish | Clementina |
Famous bearers
- Maria Clementina Sobieska
- Clementine Churchill
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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