Clement

Latin

"mild, merciful"

Clement Origin and Meaning

The name Clement is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "mild, merciful".

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

Clement C. Moore wrote the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," Clement Attlee was a prominent post-World War II British Prime Minister, and Clement Greenberg was the art critic who promoted Abstract Expressionism.

The hero of Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native is Clement Yeobright, known as Clym rather than the usual Clem.

Clement Rank in US Top 1000

# 979 in the US

Clement Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 436 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Clement

• 436 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Clement

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Famous People Named Clement

• Clement I XIV, popes
• Clement of Alexandria Church Father and saint
• Clement of Dunblane 13th,century Franciscan friar
• Clement of Ireland Irish saint
• Clement of Metz Bishop of Metz and saint in 4th century
• Clement of Ohrid Eastern Orthodox saint
• Clement Richard Attlee British politician
• Clement Chabernaud French male model
• Clement Chang Canadian,Hong Kong film director
• Clement Chantome French footballer
• Clement Cruttwell English cartographer
• Clement Freud German politician, writer, and comedian
• Clement Greenberg American art critic
• Clement Hurd illustrator of "Goodnight Moon"
• Clement Haynsworth American judge
• Clement Marot French poet
• Clement Clark Moore American poet and author
• Clement Rodier French missionary in Algeria (namesake of the fruit)
• Clément Mignon French swimmer

The name Clement in Pop Culture

• Sir Clement Willoughby shady suitor in Fanny Burney's novel "Evelina"
• "Miracle at Clement's Pond" children's book by Patricia Pendergraft
• "clement weather" mild/sunny weather

International Variations of the name Clement

• Kliment Bulgarian
• Clément French
• Clemente Spanish
• Kelemen Hungarian
• Klema Czech
• Klemo Czech
• Cliamain Scottish Gaelic
• Klement Czech
• Cléimeans Irish Gaelic
• Clementius Latin
• Clemens Danish
• Klemens Swedish