Clovis

Where Clovis comes from

Borrowed from French Clovis, from Frankish *Hlōdowig, the same Germanic source as French Louis, Dutch Lodewijk and German Ludwig, see there for further information. Doublet of Louis and Ludwig. The New Mexican city was named after a Frankish king; the Native American site and culture were named after this city.
— Wiktionary's entry for Clovis
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 466
    Clovis I born
    first king of the Franks
  2. 635
    Clovis II born
    King of Neustria and Burgundy
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1914
    Peak, #632
    64 babies named Clovis — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,141.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.
Namesakes
  • Clovis I · first king of the Franks, 466–511
  • Clovis II · King of Neustria and Burgundy, 635–657
  • Clovis IV · King of the Franks, 677–695
  • Clovis III · King of Austrasia, 670–676
  • Clovis Cornillac · French actor and film director, born 1967

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.