Given name
Clementina
“one who is merciful”
In English use, Clementina has a related form in Clementine. In French use, Clementine carries the interpretation “one who is merciful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Clementina has a related form in Clementine. In French use, Clementine carries the interpretation “one who is merciful.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Clēmentīna, built from English Clement + -ina.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Clementina has a related form in Clementine. The history of Clementine gives this family its wider story. Clementine was in use during the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Clementina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,697
- 0 boys · 1,697 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,477 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,477 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 47 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,332 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.
Clementina’s family of names
In English usage, Clementina has a diminutive in Tina. In English usage, Clementina shares an earlier linguistic root with Clementine. In Catalan usage, Clementina has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Klementyna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Clementina has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Clementina
- Clementina BlackBritish writer and feminist (1853–1922)
- Clementina de JesusBrazilian singer (1901–1987)
- Clementina Maude, Viscountess HawardenBritish photographer (1822-1865)
- Clementine HunterAmerican folk artist (1889-1988)1886–1988
- Clementina Walkinshawmistress of Bonnie Prince Charlie1720–1802
- Clementina ArderiuSpanish poet (1889–1976)
- Clementina Carneiro de MouraPortuguese painter1898–1992
- Clementina Díaz y de OvandoMexican writer and academic (1916–2012)
- Clementina SuárezHonduran writer 671902–1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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