Clover

Where Clover comes from

The dictionaries list Clover as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,555 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Clover Moore born
    Australian politician
  3. 1972
    Clover Maitland born
    field hockey player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #517
    578 babies named Clover — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Clover Moore · Australian politician, born 1945
  • Clover Maitland · field hockey player, born 1972

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.