Given name & surname

Clematis

“resembling the flowering vine”

Clematis is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the flowering vine.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Greek interpretation is “resembling the flowering vine.”

Where it comes from

A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.

Clematis’s family of names

Clematis has a related form in Clematia. Clematis has a related form in Clematice. Clematis has a related form in Clematiss.

Walk Clematis’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 5

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

See also 2

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Clematis’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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