Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Clemence f. Latin clemens 'merciful, loving; mild, gentle'; fem. of Clement.

The name of a 14th C queen of France and Navarre.

Belgium
Dutch
1597x1598 Clementia BoonenGes p. 324
Brabant
Latin
1312 Clementia (nom) JeanIII p. 28
England
Latin
1340xc1450 Clemencia (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 69; 1379 Clemensia (nom) WRYPT1 p. 7; 1381 Clemence (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 93, Clemencia (nom) ibid. p. 117
Middle English
1415 clemens EEW p. 25; 1434 Clemens ibid. p. 97
Early Modern English
1547 Clement StAnthonlin p. 6; 1580/1 Clemence RegBisham p. 20; 1590 Clemence DEmar-vol2 p. 22; 1593 Clemence RegBisham p. 5
Middle French
1577 clemence WCS p. 13; 1578 Clemence ibid. p. 86
Walloon
1590 Clemence RWC p. 14; 1591 Clemence ibid. p. 19; 1592 Clemence ibid. p. 22; 1593 Clemence ibid. p. 28; 1594 Clemence ibid. p. 32; 1594/5 Clemence ibid. p. 35; 1595 Clemence ibid. p. 37; 1596 Clemence ibid. p. 44; 1598 Clemence ibid. p. 49
France
Latin
1096 Clementia (abl) CartSPL1 IX; 1292 Clementia (nom) MemBret-I 1103; 1301 Clementia (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 177
Old French
1301 Climenche (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 282; 1313 Climence Paris1313 p. 27
Middle French
1563 Clémence RegPCC-1 p. 533; 1565 Clémence ibid. p. 178; 1567 Clémence ibid. p. 293; 1571 Clémence ibid. p. 590
Italy
Latin
1527 Clementia (nom) Rome1527 p. 90
Switzerland
Latin
14thCx1478 Clemencia (nom) Ob-SPVn (11)
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Clemence". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Clemence.