Clementina

Where Clementina comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin Clēmentīna. By surface analysis, Clement + -ina. Doublet of Clementine.
— Wiktionary's entry for Clementina
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1853
    Clementina Black born
    British writer and feminist
  2. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,276 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1901
    Clementina de Jesus born
    Brazilian singer
  4. 1908
    Peak, #970
    17 babies named Clementina — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1910
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,935.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, variant of Clementine.
Namesakes
  • Clementina de Jesus · Brazilian singer, 1901–1987
  • Clementina Black · British writer and feminist, 1853–1922
  • Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden · British photographer, 1822–1865
  • Clementina Walkinshaw · mistress of Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1720–1789
  • Clementina Arderiu · Spanish poet, 1889–1976

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.