Given name & surname
Clo
“a flourishing woman; blooming”
Clo is a variant of Chloe. One Greek interpretation is “a flourishing woman; blooming.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Clo is a variant of Chloe. One Greek interpretation is “a flourishing woman; blooming.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Clo is a variant of Chloe. An origin associated with Chloe is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Clo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 0 boys · 59 girls
- Most popular year
- 1937
- 9 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 1943. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 109 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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