Latin origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “mercy; mildness”
From clemence, from Latin clēmentia (“mercy; mildness”).
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- Wiktionary: ClemenceCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“mercy; mildness”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Clemence is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin clēmentia, with the stated meaning “mercy; mildness”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Clemence (English), Clémence (French)
Meaning: “mercy; mildness”
From clemence, from Latin clēmentia (“mercy; mildness”).
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 9 girls (rank 10107). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1880–2025 Spelling: Clemence
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | 6 | 993 | observed |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | 5 | 1,276 | observed |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | 10 | 872 | observed |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | 5 | 1,450 | observed |
| 1893 | 7 | 1,175 | observed |
| 1894 | 8 | 1,136 | observed |
| 1895 | 8 | 1,202 | observed |
| 1896 | 10 | 1,047 | observed |
| 1897 | 9 | 1,094 | observed |
| 1898 | 10 | 1,098 | observed |
| 1899 | 6 | 1,394 | observed |
| 1900 | 14 | 1,008 | observed |
| 1901 | 14 | 881 | observed |
| 1902 | 7 | 1,438 | observed |
| 1903 | 7 | 1,440 | observed |
| 1904 | 10 | 1,170 | observed |
| 1905 | 7 | 1,538 | observed |
| 1906 | 13 | 1,043 | observed |
| 1907 | 7 | 1,639 | observed |
| 1908 | 5 | 2,101 | observed |
| 1909 | 6 | 1,957 | observed |
| 1910 | 6 | 2,140 | observed |
| 1911 | 12 | 1,372 | observed |
| 1912 | 7 | 2,360 | observed |
| 1913 | 11 | 1,883 | observed |
| 1914 | 13 | 1,896 | observed |
| 1915 | 17 | 1,883 | observed |
| 1916 | 11 | 2,658 | observed |
| 1917 | 20 | 1,773 | observed |
| 1918 | 12 | 2,674 | observed |
| 1919 | 17 | 2,063 | observed |
| 1920 | 11 | 2,899 | observed |
| 1921 | 16 | 2,282 | observed |
| 1922 | 9 | 3,379 | observed |
| 1923 | 8 | 3,641 | observed |
| 1924 | 7 | 4,002 | observed |
| 1925 | 11 | 2,939 | observed |
| 1926 | 7 | 3,873 | observed |
| 1927 | 9 | 3,284 | observed |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,195 | observed |
| 1929 | 10 | 2,921 | observed |
| 1930 | 9 | 3,055 | observed |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,331 | observed |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,411 | observed |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,802 | observed |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,954 | observed |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | 5 | 13,430 | observed |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | 5 | 17,168 | observed |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,405 | observed |
| 2009 | 5 | 17,294 | observed |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,483 | observed |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,150 | observed |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,558 | observed |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,482 | observed |
| 2016 | 9 | 10,859 | observed |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,615 | observed |
| 2018 | 5 | 15,682 | observed |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,597 | observed |
| 2020 | 11 | 8,953 | observed |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,146 | observed |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,383 | observed |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,194 | observed |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,107 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Clemence” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Clémence— “merciful”
…It is possible that it was thus that Clemens first passed to the emperor’s kinsman. There is a pretty legend that St. Clement was martyred by being beheaded, and thrown into the sea, where a shrine (I think of coral) was formed round his head, and he thus became the patron of sailors, above all, of Danes and Dutchmen. In Germany Clemens has preserved its Latin form, but cuts down into Klenim, Mente, Menz, Mentzel; as in Denmark into Klemet and Mens. The English surname,…
…It is possible that it was thus that Clemens first passed to the emperor’s kinsman. There is a pretty legend that St. Clement was martyred by being beheaded, and thrown into the sea, where a shrine (I think of coral) was formed round his head, and he thus became the patron of sailors, above all, of Danes and Dutchmen. In Germany Clemens has preserved its Latin form, but cuts down into Klenim, Mente, Menz, Mentzel; as in Denmark into Klemet and Mens. The English surname, Mence, may perhaps be from this source; and Clement and Clementi are French and Italian surnames, as Clement and Clemente are the Christian ones. Italy probably first modernized the abstract goddess into Clemenza, whence France took up Clémence, while Germany invented Clementine for the feminine, whence our Clementina, rendered popular for a time in honour of the Italian lady in _Sir C. Grandison_. The Russians have Kliment, the Hungarians Kelemen, and the Esthonians contract the name into Lemet. It must have been from the Dutch connections of eastern England, that Clement and Clemency were both at one time frequent.[64]
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section IV (Cæsar, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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