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Clements
How to Pronounce Clements
Pronounced KLEM-ents /ˈklɛm.ənts/Medium
Meaning: Clements is an English surname meaning son of Clement, itself from the Latin clemens, merciful or gentle. Used as a first name, it carries that patronymic sense of descent from a Clement.Medium
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History & Origin
Clements is an English patronymic surname meaning son of Clement, from the Latin clemens, merciful or gentle. Given as a first name in the early twentieth century, it followed the era's fashion for family surnames as given names.
It was never common as a first name, given to only about twenty boys a year even at its high around the mid nineteen-tens, and it faded thereafter. A boy named Clements then would belong to a great-grandfather's generation today.
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What does the name Clements mean?
It is a surname meaning son of Clement, from the Latin for merciful or gentle.
How do you pronounce Clements?
It is said KLEM-ents /ˈklɛm.ənts/, two syllables with the stress at the front.
Is Clements a boy or girl name?
Clements has been used as a boy's name.
How popular is Clements?
It has always been very rare as a first name, given to only about twenty boys a year around the nineteen-tens, and it is essentially unused today.