Given name
Cloye
“one who works with nails”
Cloye is a variant of Cloy. One French interpretation is “one who works with nails.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cloye is a variant of Cloy. One French interpretation is “one who works with nails.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cloye is a variant of Cloy. An origin associated with Cloy is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cloye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 7 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 5 in 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1921.
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.
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