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Clementine

Gender
Girl
Say it
KLEM-en-tyne
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#197 for girls
US rank, 2025
#456 for girls

Clementine is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “merciful, gentle”. In 2025 it ranked 197th for girls in the UK (283 babies) and 456th for girls in the US (676 babies).

What does Clementine mean?

Latin: French feminine form of Clement

“merciful, gentle”

Clementine Churchill was Winston Churchill's wife; the fruit is named after a French missionary, Brother Clément.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Clementine a girl's or a boy's name?

Clementine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 283 girls in the UK and 676 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Clementine in the UK?

Rank in 2025
197th among girls
Babies in 2025
283 about 1 in 980 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 43% in five years
Same name in a class
1.4% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 283 girls in the UK were named Clementine, making it the 197th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 268th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 300 girls.

Half of all the girls named Clementine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 186th in England and Wales, 324th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 300 in 20212025
Clementine in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025283#197
2024256#206
2023251#211
2022290#197
2021300#188
2020191#268
2019202#266
2018161#322
2017152#339
2016110#446
2015119#423
2014108#448
201391#512
201281#575
201195#493
201093#490
200968#610
200867#623
200764#617
200661#607
200566#555
200438#794
200342#720
200233#812
200129#871
200033#772
199924#975
199828#866
199725#940
199634#733

How popular is Clementine in the US?

Rank in 2025
456th among girls
Babies in 2025
676 about 1 in 2,400 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 676 girls in the US were named Clementine, making it the 456th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 601st.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Clementine of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the girls named Clementine in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 676 in 20252025
Clementine in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025676#456
2024650#474
2023557#542
2022547#559
2021555#551
2020483#601
2019423#685
2018427#684
2017383#739
2016388#734
2015344#815
2014288#939
2013227#1,086
2012208#1,179
2011150#1,490
2010132#1,629
2009143#1,572
2008103#2,020
200791#2,177
200678#2,396
200559#2,783
200429#4,597
200319#6,050
200222#5,250
200113#7,717
200016#6,481
199920#5,213
199818#5,579
19978#9,797
199610#8,127
199511#7,509
19940–
19930–
19929#8,726
19915#13,139
199011#7,297
19898#8,755
19889#7,686
198711#6,330
19860–
19855#10,672
198412#5,538
19830–
198211#5,909
19816#9,108
19808#7,417
197913#5,091
19785#9,748
19770–
19765#9,282
19757#7,171
197412#4,719
19736#7,433
19729#5,479
19718#6,004
19708#5,817
19698#5,455
196810#4,488
196711#4,052
196634#1,982
196527#2,292
196443#1,780
196341#1,814
196239#1,825
196135#1,954
196051#1,560
195958#1,406
195858#1,394
195793#1,082
195677#1,185
195580#1,111
195488#1,044
1953101#939
1952104#905
1951119#818
1950134#741
194989#944
194895#889
194791#928
194679#935
194573#881
194479#855
1943118#705
194293#789
194186#779
1940106#672
1939103#668
193878#799
1937102#673
1936107#637
193591#705
193482#736
193391#681
193299#678
1931114#621
193096#706
1929117#644
1928106#679
1927123#651
1926106#702
1925129#644
1924152#604
1923138#627
1922141#615
1921160#566
1920119#662
1919144#581
1918147#588
1917149#550
1916151#541
1915132#559
1914127#494
191383#561
191283#536
191184#443
191071#480
190947#559
190850#511
190737#614
190631#642
190538#564
190426#682
190340#504
190249#445
190130#559
190029#656
189935#498
189833#555
189736#477
189623#651
189522#658
189435#475
189326#547
189232#479
189121#572
189042#384
188922#543
188829#458
188716#560
188627#416
188529#380
188416#520
188315#499
188224#360
18816#740
188019#375

Nicknames for Clementine

Names like Clementine

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Beatrice, Olive, Annabelle, Eloise, Aurelia, Rose, Adeline, Clara, Florence, Winnie, Violet, Rosie

Names related to Clementine

Clementina

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Clementine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clementine, updated 20 October 2026.