Clemence Forename
Approximately 102,177 people bear this name
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.
Read More About This ForenameClemence Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 98% | 14,627 | 1:5,047 | 631 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 12,986 | 1:1,188 | 213 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 10,394 | 1:1,094 | 236 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9,864 | 1:5,352 | 853 |
| Chad | 100% | 6,611 | 1:2,057 | 276 |
| Burundi | 100% | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| Benin | 100% | 5,770 | 1:1,833 | 422 |
| France | 100% | 5,699 | 1:11,664 | 698 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,970 | 1:19,630 | 2,580 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,989 | 1:5,418 | 816 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 3,325 | 1:7,107 | 1,310 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,866 | 1:6,413 | 785 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,585 | 1:10,440 | 1,002 |
| Malawi | 94% | 1,840 | 1:9,300 | 1,066 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1,790 | 1:12,892 | 1,301 |
| Kenya | - | 1,160 | 1:39,920 | 2,970 |
| Canada | 100% | 962 | 1:34,442 | 2,607 |
| Gabon | 100% | 922 | 1:2,043 | 490 |
| Senegal | 100% | 850 | 1:17,155 | 1,082 |
| United States | 79% | 733 | 1:494,593 | 13,102 |
| Mali | 100% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Belgium | 100% | 382 | 1:30,079 | 1,897 |
| South Africa | 85% | 334 | 1:163,271 | 11,202 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 295 | 1:27,635 | 2,741 |
| Congo | 100% | 265 | 1:18,903 | 1,991 |
| Haiti | 100% | 244 | 1:43,963 | 3,004 |
| England | 87% | 240 | 1:231,679 | 6,473 |
| Thailand | 97% | 231 | 1:303,315 | 17,090 |
| Philippines | 73% | 227 | 1:467,002 | 15,942 |
| Namibia | - | 180 | 1:13,357 | 1,446 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 96 | 1:176,063 | 7,025 |
| Uganda | 100% | 82 | 1:499,475 | 11,586 |
| Zambia | - | 81 | 1:195,738 | 6,914 |
| French Polynesia | - | 76 | 1:3,657 | 697 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 61 | 1:4,429 | 651 |
| Brazil | 100% | 57 | 1:3,758,529 | 64,556 |
| Nigeria | 58% | 49 | 1:3,623,762 | 60,714 |
| Malaysia | 55% | 46 | 1:661,955 | 26,444 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Germany | 90% | 33 | 1:2,929,633 | 14,580 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 30 | 1:238,400 | 14,853 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 29 | 1:283,224 | 5,698 |
| Singapore | 50% | 27 | 1:232,854 | 8,839 |
| Spain | 100% | 24 | 1:1,938,749 | 11,480 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Qatar | 67% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| India | 81% | 19 | 1:63,940,946 | 1,014,029 |
| Australia | - | 17 | 1:803,390 | 10,545 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| China | - | 16 | 1:85,378,486 | 64,025 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Sweden | 100% | 10 | 1:985,791 | 19,730 |
| Guinea | - | 9 | 1:1,317,627 | 3,716 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Lebanon | - | 8 | 1:703,446 | 7,424 |
| Wales | 100% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Italy | 94% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Russia | - | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Saint Lucia | 60% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Norway | - | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Peru | - | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | 50% | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
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.
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.
Latin (feminine) - Courteous, affable.
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