Given name & surname
Clover
“resembling the meadow flower”
Clover is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling the meadow flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling the meadow flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Clover through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,738
- 98 boys · 5,640 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 593 babies
- 2025
- 593
- #517 for girls · #5,906 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +127%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 578 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 517 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 122.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 15 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (54). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,070 as a first name in 2020; 2,325 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Clover
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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