Clémentine

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Clémentine

Say it: klay-mahn-TEEN

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Meaning

Feminine diminutive of Clément, from Latin clemens 'mild, merciful'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Used in 19th-century France and revived since the 1990s.

Its wave through time

Rising now

In the United States

10,672 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 2020, about 1 in 3,400 girls
472 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Clementine
Italian	Clementina

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MillicentGirlFrom Old French Melisent, from Germanic Amalaswinth: amal (perhaps 'vigour, work') and swinth 'strong'.Middle Ages · peak 1927 · forgotten

PhilomenaGirlGreek, usually explained as 'beloved' (philoumenē) or 'friend of strength' (philos and menos); the first is the more…Victorian · peak 1908

BereniceGirlMacedonian form of Greek Pherenikē, from pherein 'to bring' and nikē 'victory'.Greece · peak 1898 · forgotten

MagdaleneGirlGreek Magdalēnē, 'woman of Magdala', a town whose name comes from Hebrew migdal 'tower'.Biblical · peak 1904

AgathaGirlGreek agathē, 'good'.Early Medieval · peak 1899

MaudGirlMedieval English vernacular form of Matilda, from Germanic maht 'might' and hild 'battle'.Middle Ages · peak 1883

ClementBoyLatin clemens, 'merciful, gentle'.Rome · peak 1915

ColumbusBoyLatin form of the surname of Christopher Columbus, Italian Colombo 'dove'.Revolutions · peak 1880 · forgotten

Where this comes from

National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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