CLEMENT  

Gender: M
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "mild, merciful"

This name of fourteen popes and several saints has a mild, positive, slightly antiquated feel, like the phrase "clement weather".

Variations:
Clemmons, Clemense, Clemmie, Clem, Clements, Clemmy

International Variations:
Kliment (Bulgarian) Klema, Klemo, Klement (Czech) Clemens (Danish) Clément (French) Kelemen (Hungarian) Cléimeans (Irish Gaelic) Clementius (Latin) Cliamain (Scottish Gaelic) Clemente (Spanish) Klemens (Swedish)

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