Clemence

Where Clemence comes from

From clemence, from Latin clēmentia (“mercy; mildness”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Clemence
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1262
    Clemence of Austria born
    Titular Queen of Hungary
  2. 1813
    Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier born
    American physician
  3. 1886
    First appearance
    #993 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1890
    Peak, #872
    10 babies named Clemence — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  6. 1994
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Clemence of Austria · Titular Queen of Hungary, 1262–1293
  • Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier · American physician, 1813–1888
  • Clemence Housman · English author and illustrator, 1861–1955
  • Clemence Beatus Lyamba · Tanzanian politician, born 1946

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.