Clement Forename
1,485th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 660,088 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Dominica
Clement Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin clemens, clementis, ‘mild’, ‘merciful’, the name of a saint, the first of the Apostolic Fathers and a disciple of St Paul, and of many subsequent popes. St Clement has over 40 church dedications in this country, and his name was a favourite one from the end of the 12th C until the Reformation; C.
Read More About This ForenameClement Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 132,961 | 1:555 | 103 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 129,562 | 1:1,370 | 245 |
| Ghana | 100% | 48,544 | 1:556 | 133 |
| Malawi | 100% | 36,784 | 1:465 | 100 |
| Zambia | - | 33,453 | 1:474 | 97 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 32,148 | 1:354 | 59 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 24,742 | 1:873 | 163 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 20,869 | 1:2,530 | 481 |
| Benin | 100% | 16,598 | 1:637 | 106 |
| United States | 100% | 14,570 | 1:24,882 | 1,870 |
| Kenya | 100% | 13,905 | 1:3,330 | 557 |
| South Africa | 100% | 13,564 | 1:4,020 | 761 |
| France | 100% | 13,353 | 1:4,978 | 445 |
| Sudan | 100% | 13,287 | 1:2,845 | 502 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,002 | 1:2,761 | 518 |
| Burundi | 100% | 10,138 | 1:977 | 312 |
| Uganda | 98% | 9,912 | 1:4,132 | 501 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,255 | 1:3,257 | 735 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 7,023 | 1:2,196 | 408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 6,453 | 1:1,263 | 146 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,317 | 1:18,349 | 2,425 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 5,272 | 1:3,486 | 478 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,826 | 1:6,031 | 694 |
| Togo | - | 3,709 | 1:1,952 | 322 |
| India | 100% | 3,112 | 1:390,385 | 33,718 |
| England | 100% | 3,042 | 1:18,278 | 1,198 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,724 | 1:1,058 | 269 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,575 | 1:8,077 | 1,271 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,492 | 1:4,611 | 729 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 2,177 | 1:13,987 | 1,493 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,163 | 1:6,287 | 1,000 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,198 | 1:485 | 93 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Thailand | 100% | 948 | 1:73,909 | 6,942 |
| Senegal | 99% | 945 | 1:15,430 | 1,009 |
| Haiti | 100% | 889 | 1:12,066 | 1,217 |
| Swaziland | - | 871 | 1:1,493 | 350 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 848 | 1:2,406 | 363 |
| Gabon | 100% | 601 | 1:3,134 | 706 |
| Botswana | 100% | 596 | 1:3,665 | 651 |
| Philippines | 96% | 567 | 1:186,966 | 8,520 |
| Singapore | 100% | 566 | 1:11,108 | 2,346 |
| Guyana | 100% | 553 | 1:1,380 | 252 |
| Australia | - | 551 | 1:24,787 | 1,600 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 537 | 1:31,475 | 2,550 |
| Ireland | 99% | 463 | 1:10,029 | 711 |
| Hong Kong | - | 456 | 1:17,002 | 2,034 |
| Mauritius | - | 444 | 1:2,923 | 517 |
| Dominica | - | 436 | 1:173 | 36 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 362 | 1:3,761 | 705 |
| Mali | - | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| Congo | 100% | 301 | 1:16,642 | 1,836 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Egypt | - | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 272 | 1:38,350 | 2,842 |
| Bahamas | - | 269 | 1:1,485 | 352 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 253 | 1:28,269 | 2,772 |
| Germany | 100% | 248 | 1:389,830 | 4,571 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 241 | 1:738 | 103 |
| China | - | 230 | 1:5,939,373 | 55,959 |
| Liberia | 100% | 229 | 1:19,267 | 1,353 |
| Romania | 100% | 217 | 1:92,405 | 4,178 |
| Guinea | 100% | 202 | 1:58,706 | 1,783 |
| Israel | 98% | 201 | 1:41,806 | 2,834 |
| French Polynesia | - | 195 | 1:1,425 | 335 |
| Kuwait | - | 190 | 1:19,922 | 2,136 |
| Brazil | 100% | 180 | 1:1,190,201 | 29,546 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 165 | 1:1,637 | 349 |
| Barbados | - | 154 | 1:1,882 | 422 |
| Lebanon | 90% | 154 | 1:36,543 | 2,039 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Scotland | 100% | 133 | 1:40,228 | 1,411 |
| Spain | 100% | 133 | 1:349,849 | 5,338 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| New Zealand | - | 122 | 1:37,181 | 2,281 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Namibia | - | 114 | 1:21,089 | 1,897 |
| Wales | 100% | 110 | 1:28,130 | 1,321 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 106 | 1:77,486 | 2,753 |
| Denmark | - | 95 | 1:59,468 | 2,126 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 85 | 1:1,291 | 262 |
| Iraq | 100% | 82 | 1:427,047 | 5,132 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 82 | 1:669 | 104 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 79 | 1:1,258 | 267 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 78 | 1:387,204 | 11,281 |
| Chile | 53% | 77 | 1:228,665 | 3,941 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 77 | 1:3,350,178 | 149,032 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Grenada | 97% | 70 | 1:1,545 | 326 |
| Brunei | - | 58 | 1:7,234 | 659 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90% | 58 | 1:1,924 | 373 |
| Malta | - | 57 | 1:7,533 | 851 |
| Italy | 91% | 53 | 1:1,152,115 | 9,622 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 48 | 1:38,399 | 1,139 |
| Iceland | - | 46 | 1:7,957 | 802 |
| Japan | - | 45 | 1:2,844,135 | 22,466 |
| Seychelles | - | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Argentina | 60% | 41 | 1:1,043,250 | 5,337 |
| Sweden | 100% | 38 | 1:259,419 | 8,288 |
| Austria | 100% | 36 | 1:236,506 | 3,246 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:320,862 | 717 |
| Niger | 100% | 33 | 1:581,333 | 11,149 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:977 | 211 |
| Norway | 100% | 30 | 1:171,078 | 4,535 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Greece | 100% | 25 | 1:437,382 | 6,259 |
| Mexico | 50% | 25 | 1:4,965,777 | 20,003 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 25 | 1:1,388 | 340 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:2,786 | 595 |
| Jersey | - | 21 | 1:4,761 | 588 |
| Russia | 100% | 21 | 1:6,868,272 | 29,833 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 20 | 1:9,717,884 | 69,757 |
| Peru | 85% | 18 | 1:1,766,192 | 19,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 18 | 1:5,145,728 | 3,613 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 16 | 1:828 | 130 |
| Panama | 100% | 16 | 1:244,160 | 8,726 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:3,415 | 513 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| South Korea | - | 12 | 1:462,035 | 12,149 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Macau | - | 11 | 1:55,292 | 585 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Micronesia | - | 9 | 1:11,833 | 566 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Belize | 100% | 8 | 1:44,289 | 3,463 |
| Hungary | 100% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Finland | 92% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Luxembourg | - | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Jordan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Moldova | 100% | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Clément (24,893), Clèment (414), Clėment (1) & Clémént (6) are calculated separately.
Clement (255,269) may also be a surname.
Clement Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin clemens, clementis, ‘mild’, ‘merciful’, the name of a saint, the first of the Apostolic Fathers and a disciple of St Paul, and of many subsequent popes. St Clement has over 40 church dedications in this country, and his name was a favourite one from the end of the 12th C until the Reformation; C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives some 15 surnames derived from it, including Clement, Clements, Clemens, Clemson. The Tractarians revived the name in the 19th C, with reference rather to Clement of Alexandria than to the Pope.
Clemens Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1215. Clement Hundred Rolls 1273. Clem Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Like the classical name Clemens, derived from the Latin clemensy —tis, mild, calm, gentle.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (masculine) - Courteous, affable.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Klem'-ent, mild, good, merciful. A person mentioned Phil. iv. 3.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: vine-twig: merciful.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Latin name, meaning: Merciful.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Clément (Clemente, Klemens, Clement, Clamens) is a French forename, which means 'clemency', 'lenience'. It comes from Latin.
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Clement Demographics
Average Male Clement Height
174.93 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 514 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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