Epithet of
Demeter, referring to young, green foliage or shoots of plants
Chloe (/ˈkloʊi/;[1]Greek: Χλόη[note 1]), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the
Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃-, which relates to the colors yellow and green.[2][citation needed] The common scientific prefix chloro- (e.g. chlorine and chloroplast) derives from the same Greek root. In Greek the word refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring.
The name was a popular
Ancient Greek girl's name (cf. the Ancient Greek novel
Daphnis and Chloe) and remains a popular Greek name today.
It has been a very popular name in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s, peaking in popularity later in the 1990s and during the first decade of the 21st century.
Chloe was among the five most popular names for
newborn girls of Asian descent in the
American state of
Virginia in 2022.[8] It has ranked among the top one hundred names for newborn American girls nationally since 1998, peaking in 2009 and 2010 when it was the ninth most popular name given to girls. It was the twenty-fourth most popular name for American girls nationally in 2021.[9] The name is occasionally misspelled as Chole. The United States Social Security Administration noted that a number of parents of girls initially named Chole on their birth certificates had filed to correct the spelling to Chloe between 2017 and 2022.[10]
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
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Epithet of
Demeter, referring to young, green foliage or shoots of plants
Chloe (/ˈkloʊi/;[1]Greek: Χλόη[note 1]), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the
Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃-, which relates to the colors yellow and green.[2][citation needed] The common scientific prefix chloro- (e.g. chlorine and chloroplast) derives from the same Greek root. In Greek the word refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring.
The name was a popular
Ancient Greek girl's name (cf. the Ancient Greek novel
Daphnis and Chloe) and remains a popular Greek name today.
It has been a very popular name in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s, peaking in popularity later in the 1990s and during the first decade of the 21st century.
Chloe was among the five most popular names for
newborn girls of Asian descent in the
American state of
Virginia in 2022.[8] It has ranked among the top one hundred names for newborn American girls nationally since 1998, peaking in 2009 and 2010 when it was the ninth most popular name given to girls. It was the twenty-fourth most popular name for American girls nationally in 2021.[9] The name is occasionally misspelled as Chole. The United States Social Security Administration noted that a number of parents of girls initially named Chole on their birth certificates had filed to correct the spelling to Chloe between 2017 and 2022.[10]
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.