Meaning of the nameClemência

Female
Latin origin
Cle-mên-ci-a

Clemência is a female name of Latin origin, from Clementia, which means 'clemency' and is also the feminine of Clemente.

Meaning

“clemency, mercy; from Latin Clementia, the name of the personification of clemency”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clemência · Behind the Name: Clementia

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People (2022): 3,969
Rank in Brazil: #3,212
Median age: 68 years
2010 Census: 5,620; people

Clemência in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clemência, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (1,041 people).

3,951 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Clemência is most common

States with the highest share of people named Clemência in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Minas Gerais 0.008%
Bahia 0.004%
Espírito Santo 0.003%
São Paulo 0.002%
Paraná 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	1,542	0.008%
São Paulo	875	0.002%
Bahia	565	0.004%
Paraná	163	0.001%
Espírito Santo	110	0.003%
Pará	92	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	90	0.003%
Maranhão	78	0.001%
Mato Grosso	71	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	60	0.000%
Goiás	50	0.001%
Rondônia	43	0.003%
Piauí	39	0.001%
Amazonas	37	0.001%
Santa Catarina	36	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	35	0.000%
Distrito Federal	25	0.001%
Ceará	19	0.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Clemência

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado, gives Clemência as coming from Latin Clementia, the name of the goddess of Clemency, which came to be used as the feminine of Clemente. Behind the Name records Clementia as a Roman name, the feminine of Clemens, linked to the personification of mercy and clemency. Wiktionary records Clemência as a female name of Latin origin and a variant of Clemente. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,969 people named Clemência, almost always female. Most were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clemência · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Clementia · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Clemência · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Clemência

What does the name Clemência mean?

Clemência means “clemency, mercy; from Latin Clementia, the name of the personification of clemency”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Clemência in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,969 people with the first name Clemência, which ranks it number 3,212 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Clemência a boy's or a girl's name?

Clemência is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,951 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Clemência?

Clemência is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Clemência most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.008% of the state's population is named Clemência (1,542 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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