Given name
Clelia
“a glorious woman”
Clelia is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “a glorious woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a glorious woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Clelia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 530
- 0 boys · 530 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,008 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.
Clelia’s family of names
Clelia has a related form in Clelea. Clelia has a related form in Cleleah. Clelia has a related form in Cleliah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Clelia
- Clelia Grillo BorromeoItalian mathematician and scientist1684–1777
- Clelia BarbieriItalian Roman Catholic religious and saint (1847–1870)
- Clelia MataniaItalian film and voice actress (1918–1981)
- Clelia MerloniItalian nun (1861-1930)
- Clelia FarneseItalian noblewoman (1556-1613)
- Clelia Durazzo GrimaldiItalian botanist and aristocrat (1760-1830)
- Clelia Duel MosherAmerican physician1863–1940
- Clelia BompianiItalian painter (1848-1927)
- Clelia LolliniItalian physician (1890–1963)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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