Clementine

What Clementine means

Means “merciful”

From French Clémentine, from Latin Clēmentīna, from Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), from clēmens (“merciful”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Clementine” (revision 93743755), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Clementine?

US: Rising: up from #815 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #395 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 676 girls got the name (#456 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,378 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 938 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (3.02 per 1,000 girls), MT (2.83 per 1,000 girls), ID (1.26 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Clementine is #456 in the US and #186 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Clementine were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Klementine10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Nicknames

• Clem
• Clemmy

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Clementine

Girls

• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Bennett#912Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*

For a brother

• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US
• Magnus#763“great”^*
• Titus#358“honorable”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Clementine’s. Rank is US 2025.