Given name · also Late Greek
Chloe
“a flourishing woman; blooming”
Chloe is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a flourishing woman; blooming.”
Original Ancient GreekΧλόη
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a flourishing woman; blooming.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From Ancient Greek χλόη (“young green shoot”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Chloe appears in 1 Corinthians 1:11.
From biblical name research
Chloe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 254,741
- 352 boys · 254,389 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 11,936 babies
- 2025
- 6,210
- #23 for girls · #9,893 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6,203 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 23 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11,922 in 2009. It also appeared in 7 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (750). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200,400 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chloe’s family of names
In English usage, Chloe has a diminutive in CHLO. In English usage, Chloe has a related form in KHLOE. In English usage, Chloe has a related form in KHLOE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Chloe has relatives in 16 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Chloe comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Khloevariant · English
- Cloevariant · English, Italian
- Cloeyvariant
- Chlodiminutive · English
- Clovariant
- Khloévariant · English
- Chloëvariant · French, English
- Chloévariant · French, English
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Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ΧλόηAncient Greek, Greek
- Kloeequivalent
- Kloéequivalent
- 克洛伊borrowing · Chinese, Mandarin
- ХлояRussian
- CloéPortuguese, Spanish
- โคลอีThai
- Хло́яRussian
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Chloe
- Toni MorrisonAfrican American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)
- Chloe BennetAmerican actress and singerborn 1992
- Chloe KimAmerican snowboarderborn 2000
- Chloe BridgesAmerican actressborn 1991
- Chloe KellyEnglish association football playerborn 1998
- Chloe BaileyAmerican singer and actressborn 1998
- Chloe WebbAmerican actressborn 1956
- Chloe HoskingAustralian racing cyclistborn 1990
- Chloe EspositoAustralian modern pentathleteborn 1991
Characters named Chloe: Chloe O'Brian (the television series 24), Chloe Sullivan (Smallville), Chloe Frazer (video game character from Uncharted), Chloe Price (video game character from Life is Strange).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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