Clements

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Clement in FR France, NG Nigeria, ZA South Africa and 9 more and Clément in BE Belgium, CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Clements is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname15K records spelled Clements3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

  Also written Clement-S, Cléments

• Russian surname469 records spelled Clements7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Клементс, Klements

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Clements is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Irish, An English name long associated with Cos. Leitrim and Donegal. See foregoing

  as a name·The Surnames of Ireland

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 28 years between 1910–1948. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Frederic Clementsb. 1874USAmerican ecologist (1874–1945)
• Edith Schwartz Clementsb. 1874USU.S. botanist and botanical illustrator (1874–1971)
• Earle Clementsb. 1896USAmerican farmer and politician (1896-1985)
• John Clementsb. 1910GBBritish actor (1910-1988)
• Bill Clementsb. 1917USAmerican businessman, politician and former Governor of Texas (1917–2011)
• Stanley Clementsb. 1926USAmerican actor (1926–1981)
• Ron Clementsb. 1953USAmerican animation director (born 1953)
• Jonathan Clementsb. 1971GBBritish author and scriptwriter (born 1971)
• Sasha Clementsb. 1990CACanadian actress (born 1990)
• Kennedi Clementsb. 2007USCanadian child actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 79 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Clements?

We estimate roughly 184 thousand people bear Clements (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Clements have the most bearers?

We estimate about 176 thousand people bear Clements in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled clement.

Where is Clements most common?

Clements is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 386 people carrying it.

How common is Clements compared with other names?

In France, Clements is the 102nd most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

What does the name Clements mean?

Recorded meaning: Son of Clement.