Clemson Forename

516,683rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Clemson 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.

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Clemson Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
2011:1,803,66731,113
Papua New Guinea
100%
191:429,06933,046
Philippines
100%
161:6,625,592105,856
Brazil
100%
111:19,476,014191,600
Zimbabwe
100%
91:1,713,75749,613
Nigeria
100%
71:25,366,337199,343
England
50%
 
61:9,267,15467,986
India
100%
61:202,479,6622,100,642
Malaysia
100%
41:7,612,485167,458
Haiti-21:5,363,47632,317
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978

Clemson (2,380) may also be a surname.

Clemson 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

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