# Clemens (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clemens/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “merciful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,641 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,641 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Clēmēns (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmēns (“merciful”). Doublet of Clement and San Clemente.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 9,521 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8,007 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,290 |
| 2001 | 9 | 7,023 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,966 |
| 2003 | 9 | 7,341 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,752 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,064 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,636 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,053 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,935 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,771 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,489 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,447 |

## People named Clemens

- Clemens Fritz, German footballer
- Clemens August von Galen, German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal, important figure in Catholic resistance to 
- Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and opera impresario (1893 - 1954)
- Clemens Winkler, German chemist (1838-1904)
- Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician (1874-1929)
- Clemens August of Bavaria, Catholic archbishop (1700-1761)
- Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Duke, Roman Catholic archbishop (1671-1723)
- Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
- Clemens Schick, German actor
- Clemens Holzmeister, Austrian architect and stage designer (1886–1983)
- Clemens von Ketteler, German diplomat (1853-1900)
- Clemens J. Setz, Austrian writer and translator

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.