Clement

Where Clement comes from

From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente.
— Wiktionary's entry for Clement
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1652
    Clement XII born
    pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #442 among boys — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Clement Attlee born
    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951
  4. 1912
    Peak, #266
    172 babies named Clement — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #817.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin, borne by an early pope and by several saints.
Namesakes
  • Clement Attlee · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, 1883–1967
  • Clement XII · pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740, 1652–1740
  • Clement VII · pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534, 1478–1534
  • Clement VIII · pope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605, 1536–1605
  • Clement XIII · pope of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769, 1693–1769

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.