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Clint

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Clint

Say it: KLINT

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Meaning

A short form of Clinton, an English surname and place name from Old English, probably 'farmstead on a hill or slope'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Given as a formal name mainly in the US in the 1960s to 1980s.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1980s

In the United States

02040608018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1980per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 32,402 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1980, about 1 in 1,400 boys
  • 132 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

American

Famous bearers

  • Clint Eastwood, American actor
  • Clint Black, American country singer

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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