Clemmie
Feminine · “merciful”
Clemmie is given to both — 2,637 girls and 972 boys since 1880. See Clemmie as a boy nameSee other names given to both
The clementine in the fruit bowl is named after a French monk. Brother Clement ran an orphanage garden in Algeria at the start of the twentieth century, found a chance seedling among his mandarins, and the fruit carries his name in every language that grows it.
How old is the name Clemmie?
Clemmie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Clemmie alive today was born around 1920, making them about 105 years old. About 500 people named Clemmie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Clemmie most popular?
Clemmie peaked in 1884, reaching #425 nationally. See the whole 1884 chart.
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Where it comes from
From clemens to Clemmie
The story of Clemmie
The seedling was a cross that nobody had planted deliberately, and it was named for the man who spotted it — which is how a good many fruit varieties are named, though rarely so neatly. The name itself is much older: a Roman family name, then an early pope, then fourteen more of them, then an ordinary name across Catholic Europe. English produced Clement for men and Clementine for women, and Clemmie serves both, which is why the American record shows it given to boys and girls alike. The doubled m keeps the first vowel short, where Clement lets it run long.
Meaning
merciful, gentle
The Latin clemens means mild or merciful, and it was used as a Roman name before the church took it up. The sense has never shifted.
How the name formed
- clemens
- Clement
- Clemmie
Related forms: Clementine · Clementina · Clemencia
Pronouncing Clemmie
KLEM-ee
Two syllables with the weight at the front, the first vowel short. The doubled m is what keeps it that way.
Nicknames for Clemmie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 191663 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #425reached in 1884
- Change vs 1970
- 0.0%6 in 2021, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Clemmie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Clementine in French — related form
- Clementina in Italian — related form
- Clemencia in Spanish — related form
Clemmies among us
people named Clemmie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Clemmie sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is said correctly by everyone on first hearing.
- It serves several long names of both sexes, which gives a family options.
- The meaning is settled, gentle and easy to explain.
- It reads as a familiar form, and formal settings will look for something longer.
- The spelling is recorded for boys as well as girls in the United States.
- It reads clearly as a name of the nineteenth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Clemmies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Clemmie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Clemmie in 2025?
- Clemmie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Clemmie with classmates?
- Clemmie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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