NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Most used in the 1990s
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1903 per 100,000 babies of that sex 16,795 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1997, about 1 in 4,500 boys 201 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Clement Boy Latin clemens, 'merciful, gentle'. Rome · peak 1915 Clémentine Girl Feminine diminutive of Clément, from Latin clemens 'mild, merciful'. Victorian · peak 2020 Columbus Boy Latin form of the surname of Christopher Columbus, Italian Colombo 'dove'. Revolutions · peak 1880 · forgotten Calum Boy Gaelic form of Latin Columba 'dove', honouring Saint Columba. Modern · peak 2020 Clementina Girl Derived from Clemens 'merciful, mild'. Renaissance · peak 1908 Clemens Boy Latin clemens 'merciful, mild, gentle'. Rome · peak 1913 Kálmán Boy The Hungarian form of Coloman, from Irish Colmán, a diminutive of Latin columba 'dove'. Middle Ages · peak 1914 · forgotten Colmán Boy Diminutive of Colm: 'little dove'. Early Medieval · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.