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Chloe name meaning

“green shoot”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
C
Origin
Greek
Category
Western Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2010s: 20.7%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s10.7%
2010s20.7%

Meaning natureGreek origin

Chloe is a girl's name from Greek meaning 'green shoot'.

What does Chloe mean?

Green shoot

In Malay: pucuk hijau

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Sources (1)

About the name Chloe

Chloe comes from Greek and means 'green shoot', referring to new growth in spring. It was an epithet of the goddess Demeter and is mentioned in the New Testament. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2010s with 2,279 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginGreek
SyllablesChlo-e

Chloe in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Girl: 1,555 · 10.7%
2010s
Girl: 2,279 · 20.7%
People registered with Chloe as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Chloe · behindthename.com · meaning

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