Chloe

Where Chloe comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.
— Wiktionary's entry for Chloe
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #367 among girls — 20 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1992
    Chloe Bennet born
    American actress and singer
  3. 2000
    Chloe Kim born
    American snowboarder
  4. 2009
    Peak, #9
    11,922 babies named Chloe — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Chloe Bennet · American actress and singer, born 1992
  • Chloe Kim · American snowboarder, born 2000
  • Chloe Bridges · American actress, born 1991
  • Chloe Kelly · English association football player, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.