Cloe

Where Cloe comes from

The dictionaries list Cloe as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Chloe — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #920 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1910
    Cloe Elmo born
    Italian operatic contralto
  3. 1940
    Cloe Madanes born
    Argentine teacher
  4. 2008
    Peak, #913
    300 babies named Cloe — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,633.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Chloe.
Namesakes
  • Cloe Elmo · Italian operatic contralto, 1910–1962
  • Cloe Madanes · Argentine teacher, born 1940

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.