Given name & surname
Cloud
“a lighthearted woman”
Cloud is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a lighthearted woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a lighthearted woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cloud through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 776
- 750 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 55 babies
- 2025
- 39
- #3,095 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,095 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 515 as a first name in 2020; 14,021 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.
Cloud’s family of names
Cloud has a related form in Cloude. Cloud has a related form in Cloudea. Cloud has a related form in Cloudeah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Cloud
Characters named Cloud: Cloud Strife (protagonist of Final Fantasy VII).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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