Clemency Forename

383,044th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 492 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Malawi

Clemency 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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Clemency Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England
100%
1221:455,76210,007
Malawi
100%
851:201,3218,458
Zimbabwe
100%
561:275,42515,115
Nigeria
 
78%
421:4,227,72366,444
Zambia-331:480,44811,250
South Africa
 
53%
241:2,272,19464,564
India
100%
201:60,743,899978,266
Tanzania
100%
171:3,105,19523,654
United States-151:24,169,132185,959
Netherlands
100%
121:1,408,50721,461
Wales
100%
111:281,3014,460
Kenya
 
83%
111:4,209,73724,377
Uganda
100%
61:6,826,15353,479
Australia-61:2,276,27019,652
Philippines
 
75%
51:21,201,895240,180
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
China-31:455,351,92789,064
New Zealand-31:1,512,01511,267
Namibia-21:1,202,09012,702
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Scotland
100%
11:5,350,36624,769
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167

Clemency (126) may also be a surname.

Clemency 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

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