Clemence Forename

9,989th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 102,177 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Clemence Forename Definition:

A female name. Latin clementia ‘mildness’, seems to have been used as a f. form of the man’s name Clement (q.v.). From about 1200 Clemence (Latin Clemencia) is not uncommon in England; in the 16th C it appears as Clemens, later it usually appears as Clemency, being no doubt consciously equated with the abstract noun.

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Clemence Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo
 
98%
14,6271:5,047631
Zimbabwe
99%
 
12,9861:1,188213
Rwanda
100%
10,3941:1,094236
Tanzania
100%
9,8641:5,352853
Chad
100%
6,6111:2,057276
Burundi
100%
5,7931:1,710517
Benin
100%
5,7701:1,833422
France
100%
5,6991:11,664698
Ethiopia
100%
4,9701:19,6302,580
Cameroon
100%
3,9891:5,418816
Madagascar
100%
3,3251:7,1071,310
Burkina Faso
100%
2,8661:6,413785
Ghana
100%
2,5851:10,4401,002
Malawi
94%
 
1,8401:9,3001,066
Ivory Coast
100%
1,7901:12,8921,301
Kenya-1,1601:39,9202,970
Canada
100%
9621:34,4422,607
Gabon
100%
9221:2,043490
Senegal
100%
8501:17,1551,082
United States
 
79%
7331:494,59313,102
Mali
100%
4971:34,1602,094
Togo-4941:14,6541,924
Belgium
100%
3821:30,0791,897
South Africa
85%
 
3341:163,27111,202
Papua New Guinea
96%
 
2951:27,6352,741
Congo
100%
2651:18,9031,991
Haiti
100%
2441:43,9633,004
England
 
87%
2401:231,6796,473
Thailand
 
97%
2311:303,31517,090
Philippines
 
73%
2271:467,00215,942
Namibia-1801:13,3571,446
Netherlands
100%
961:176,0637,025
Uganda
100%
821:499,47511,586
Zambia-811:195,7386,914
French Polynesia-761:3,657697
New Caledonia
100%
611:4,429651
Brazil
100%
571:3,758,52964,556
Nigeria
 
58%
491:3,623,76260,714
Malaysia
 
55%
461:661,95526,444
Dominican Republic-431:242,5889,234
Germany
 
90%
331:2,929,63314,580
Seychelles-321:2,896621
United Arab Emirates-301:238,40014,853
Switzerland
100%
291:283,2245,698
Singapore
50%
 
271:232,8548,839
Spain
100%
241:1,938,74911,480
Malta-231:18,6681,434
Qatar
67%
 
201:118,48012,874
India
 
81%
191:63,940,9461,014,029
Australia-171:803,39010,545
Botswana-161:136,52810,720
China-161:85,378,48664,025
Hong Kong-151:516,8484,412
Sweden
100%
101:985,79119,730
Guinea-91:1,317,6273,716
Mozambique-91:3,027,0402,336
Chile
100%
81:2,200,90114,453
Lebanon-81:703,4467,424
Wales
100%
81:386,7895,520
Italy
 
94%
61:10,177,01531,373
Dominica-51:15,094483
Russia-51:28,846,74173,146
Saint Lucia
 
60%
51:35,5633,018
United States Virgin Islands-51:21,9492,239
Venezuela
100%
51:6,040,37977,223
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Norway-41:1,283,08216,224
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
Iceland-31:122,0064,203
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
Niger
100%
31:6,394,66547,369
Romania-31:6,683,99244,661
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Vietnam-31:30,874,3715,995
Cambodia-21:8,136,66551,498
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Greece
100%
21:5,467,27417,678
Indonesia-21:128,981,8341,206,875
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Luxembourg-21:282,0243,520
Peru-21:15,895,72774,652
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Finland
50%
 
11:5,483,18325,487
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Montserrat-11:4,876752
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Palestine
100%
11:4,550,0585,739
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933

The alternate forms: Clémence (8,746), Clèmence (202), Cleménce (1) & Cléménce (2) are calculated separately.

Clemence (35,253) may also be a surname.

Clemence Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Latin clementia ‘mildness’, seems to have been used as a f. form of the man’s name Clement (q.v.). From about 1200 Clemence (Latin Clemencia) is not uncommon in England; in the 16th C it appears as Clemens, later it usually appears as Clemency, being no doubt consciously equated with the abstract noun.

Clemencia, Clementia Curia Regis Rolls 1200, 1203, 1210, 1220. Clemens Lincs 1534.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Rare and mostly French; clement. From Latin Clemens, ‘the merciful.’ It is a favourite with the Popes of Rome, of whom the first reigned ca. 91-100.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Latin (feminine) - Courteous, affable.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

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