Clive Forename
7,612th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 137,194 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Clive Forename Definition:
A male name. the surname of Robert Clive (1725-74), the great servant of the East India Company. The name is chiefly given as a christian name by those who have connexions with India, and was perhaps first used in this way by Thackeray in The Newcomes (1853-5).
Read More About This ForenameClive Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 62,110 | 1:895 | 205 |
| South Africa | 100% | 19,720 | 1:2,765 | 486 |
| United States | 100% | 7,185 | 1:50,457 | 2,809 |
| Australia | - | 5,641 | 1:2,421 | 425 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,573 | 1:555 | 127 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,551 | 1:634 | 153 |
| Zambia | - | 4,421 | 1:3,586 | 559 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,079 | 1:1,112 | 261 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,263 | 1:10,154 | 1,170 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,427 | 1:6,355 | 937 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,684 | 1:27,498 | 2,390 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,431 | 1:14,535 | 2,037 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,199 | 1:4,462 | 452 |
| Ireland | 99% | 1,156 | 1:4,017 | 444 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 991 | 1:31,092 | 3,837 |
| Malawi | 100% | 888 | 1:19,271 | 1,754 |
| Ghana | - | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| India | 100% | 704 | 1:1,725,679 | 94,648 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 629 | 1:2,164 | 424 |
| Guyana | 100% | 625 | 1:1,221 | 194 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 625 | 1:13,044 | 1,306 |
| Malta | - | 477 | 1:900 | 195 |
| Northern Ireland | 98% | 353 | 1:5,221 | 582 |
| France | 100% | 302 | 1:220,100 | 3,424 |
| Philippines | 95% | 266 | 1:398,532 | 14,295 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 261 | 1:680,323 | 19,262 |
| Germany | 100% | 237 | 1:407,924 | 4,697 |
| Congo | 87% | 213 | 1:23,517 | 2,310 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 209 | 1:145,693 | 9,225 |
| Cameroon | - | 201 | 1:107,515 | 5,486 |
| Portugal | - | 184 | 1:56,581 | 1,876 |
| Thailand | 100% | 179 | 1:391,429 | 20,063 |
| Belize | 100% | 169 | 1:2,097 | 477 |
| Argentina | 79% | 167 | 1:256,127 | 2,750 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 165 | 1:102,437 | 5,243 |
| Namibia | - | 163 | 1:14,750 | 1,521 |
| Spain | 100% | 160 | 1:290,812 | 4,910 |
| Hong Kong | - | 148 | 1:52,383 | 2,532 |
| Uganda | 98% | 140 | 1:292,549 | 8,565 |
| Brazil | 100% | 135 | 1:1,586,934 | 36,033 |
| Jersey | 100% | 131 | 1:763 | 179 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 130 | 1:487 | 125 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 128 | 1:64,168 | 2,488 |
| Singapore | 100% | 126 | 1:49,897 | 6,691 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 125 | 1:57,216 | 5,051 |
| Botswana | - | 121 | 1:18,053 | 2,233 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 98 | 1:560 | 79 |
| China | - | 93 | 1:14,688,772 | 59,995 |
| Peru | 90% | 79 | 1:402,423 | 7,799 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 79 | 1:1,412 | 253 |
| Bahamas | - | 78 | 1:5,120 | 799 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Japan | - | 65 | 1:1,969,016 | 19,563 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 64 | 1:2,778 | 520 |
| Sweden | 100% | 63 | 1:156,475 | 5,916 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 62 | 1:989 | 216 |
| Norway | 100% | 62 | 1:82,780 | 2,876 |
| Mauritius | - | 61 | 1:21,275 | 1,981 |
| Belgium | 100% | 60 | 1:191,501 | 4,817 |
| Greece | 100% | 53 | 1:206,312 | 4,151 |
| Italy | 100% | 51 | 1:1,197,296 | 9,879 |
| Barbados | - | 50 | 1:5,796 | 822 |
| Gibraltar | - | 50 | 1:683 | 143 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 50 | 1:11,619 | 1,105 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 46 | 1:18,936 | 1,236 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 35 | 1:2,840 | 589 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:919 | 199 |
| Denmark | - | 34 | 1:166,162 | 3,974 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Indonesia | - | 32 | 1:8,061,365 | 275,127 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 31 | 1:3,540 | 630 |
| Grenada | 100% | 30 | 1:3,604 | 642 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 29 | 1:6,701,989 | 56,824 |
| Israel | 100% | 25 | 1:336,117 | 8,046 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 25 | 1:137,105 | 3,072 |
| Bermuda | - | 24 | 1:2,701 | 544 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 23 | 1:2,295,144 | 22,303 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 22 | 1:1,372,813 | 26,977 |
| Chile | 100% | 21 | 1:838,438 | 8,197 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 21 | 1:1,131,890 | 40,612 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 18 | 1:4,724 | 171 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Mexico | 100% | 14 | 1:8,867,459 | 28,360 |
| Russia | 100% | 14 | 1:10,302,407 | 38,919 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 12 | 1:1,105 | 185 |
| Estonia | - | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Honduras | - | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Colombia | - | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Clivé (1) are calculated separately.
Clive (2,446) may also be a surname.
Clive Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. the surname of Robert Clive (1725-74), the great servant of the East India Company. The name is chiefly given as a christian name by those who have connexions with India, and was perhaps first used in this way by Thackeray in The Newcomes (1853-5).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Became a ‘Christian’ in honour of ‘Clive of India’ or, as he is sometimes called, ‘Clive of Plassey’ (1725-74). He won notable victories at Arcot and Plass(e)y, 1751 and 1757. Clive is from cliff: cf. Sutcliffe, ‘south cliff’ (Weekley, Romance of Names).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Usage name, meaning: Beloved figure in fiction, the name of undetermined origin possibly coined by Thackeray.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 1,424 (2014)
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