Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Cline isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 857
- 857 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 29 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 boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 397 as a first name in 2020; 47,748 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cline’s family of names
Cline may belong to the same name family as CLINNE. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Cline, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Knute
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Talmadge
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>99% boys
Doyle
“a dark stranger”
>99% boys
Romaine
“woman from Rome”
>99% boys
Orlin
“the golden child”
>99% boys
Clyde
“from the river Clyde”
>99% boys
Garner
“one who gathers or keeps grain”
83% boys · 17% girls
Claude
“one who is lame”
>99% boys