Clementina
Where Clementina comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin Clēmentīna. By surface analysis, Clement + -ina. Doublet of Clementine.
- Latin
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1853Clementina Black bornBritish writer and feminist
- 1888First appearance#1,276 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1901Clementina de Jesus bornBrazilian singer
- 1908Peak, #97017 babies named Clementina — more than any year before or since.
- 1910The fadeThe 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.