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What does Clemence mean?
Clemence as a girls' name is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Clemence is "mercy". Medieval French and English form of Clementia, a derivative of Clemens (see Clement). Clemency is a direct use of the noun similar to names such as Charity, Faith, and Mercy. Also form of Klementina.
STARTS WITH Cl-
ASSOCIATED WITH medieval
Variations
VARIANTS Cleamence, Clem, Clemencia, Clemency, Clementina, Clementine▲, Clemmie▼
SEE ALSO Clematis
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Clemence Maisy (C.M.), ..
How popular is Clemence?
Clemence is an uncommonly occurring given name for women but a very prominent surname for all people (#30868 out of 150436, Top 21%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Clemence reached its highest position of #1178 in the U.S. in the 1890s, but is not in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Clemence are Faith (#122 A YEAR AGO), Clementine (#685), Mercy (#729), Charity (#1237), Clem, Clementina and Clemmie. These forms of Clemence reached the height of their popularity 2 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 0.3%) and are somewhat less popular today (ADOPTION 0.2%, ▼41%), with versions such as Charity becoming somewhat outmoded. Clementine and Mercy are two of the more chic names for newborns in this list.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Aleece, Alexene, Alumice, Berenice▼, Berenyce, Beyonce▼, Cadance, Cadence, Cailene, Capreece, Carlene▼, Carmelle, Cathenne, Celena▼, Celene, Celenne, Celesse, Celeste, Celinde, Celine▲, Cerena, Cerice, Cezanne, Chenelle, Cherece, Cherena, Cherene, Cheresse, Cherice, Cherrice, Chesnie, Chessnie (see Chesney), Chevonne, Cheyenne▼, Clairice, Clarene, Clarette, Clarice▼, Clayrice, Cleanthe, Clematice (see Clematis), Clementya, Clementyn (see Clementine), Clementyna (see Clementine), Cleona, Cleone, Cleonie, Clerisse, Cleryce, Clerysse, Clymene, Coleen▼, Colene, Collene, Correne, Crescence, Elegance, Essence▼, Faleece, Florance, Florence▼, Florynce, Glenene, Glenice, Glennice, Ileene, Kadence, Kaydence, Laurence, Lourence, Pleasance, Provence, Prudence▼, Reece and Shereece. These names tend to be more frequently used than Clemence.
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