Clement

This page is historical. Follow this link for the current version.

Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

☙

Clement m. Latin clemens 'merciful, loving; mild, gentle'.

The name of a 1st C saint, a 1st C pope and saint, a 2nd C saint and church father, a 9th C Irish saint, a 9th C Bulgarian saint, an 11th C pope, an 11th C antipope, a 12th C pope, a 13th C pope, two 14th C popes, a 14th C antipope, a 15th C antipope, and two 16th C popes.

Czech Republic

Latin: ● 1351 Climent (nom) chlumecky 17

England

Latin: ● 1155 Clemens (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1; 1189 Clemens (nom) GASurv p. 110; 1321 Clementis (gen) CTG-6 78, p. 302; 1327 Clemente (abl) SaxhamSf p. 111; 1340xc1450 Clemens (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6; 1381 Clemens (nom) FenPT-2 p. 6
Early Modern English: ● 1532–1533 Clement CovGuild-2 p. 99; 1534 Clement ibid. p. 127; 1540 Clement StAnthonlin p. 1; 1558 Clement SaxhamSf p. 130; 1560 Clement bruton-vol1 p. 31; 1568 Clement ExMar 2b; 1581 Clement DEmar-vol2 p. 6; 1582 Clement BUmar-vol9 p. 6, DEmar-vol2 p. 8; 1587 Clement SaxhamSf p. 4; 1588 Clemens COmar-vol5 p. 8, Clemet Bar-in-El p. 14; 1589 Clement DEmar-vol2 p. 18; 1591 Clemence COmar-vol2 p. 23; 1592 Clemence ibid. p. 24; 1593 Clemence ibid. p. 24; 1594 Clemence ibid. p. 24; 1595 Clemens ibid. p. 72; 1596 Clement BUmar-vol2 p. 141; 1597 Clemmant StAnthonlin p. 39; 1599 Clement BUmar-vol1 p. 27

Estonia

Middle Low German: ● 1420 Clement BbRT p. 349; 1592 Clement Tiik1977 p. 288
Early Modern Swedish: ● 1599 Clemett (nom) Hiiumaa p. 282

France

Latin: ● 1101x1129 Clemente (abl) CartStPC XLI; 1135 Clemens (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7, Clementis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXXVIII, clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138x1162 Clemens (nom) ibid. 64, Clemente (abl) ibid. 59, Clementis (gen) ibid. 64; 1146 Clemente (abl) CartNDdOurscamp CXII; 1147 Clemente (dat) clairvaux-12thc 14; c1156 Clementis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXXII; 1162 Clementis (gen) ibid. LXIII; 1163 Clemente (abl) clairvaux-12thc 104, Clementis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XCVI, clairvaux-12thc 104; 1179 Clemens (nom) ibid. 176, Clemente (abl) ibid. 177, Clementi (gen) ibid. 178; 1180 Clemente (abl) RotScaNor p. 34; 1260 Clementi (gen) ArrestReg-volI XXIII, Ascension; 1301 Clemens (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 250; 1345 Clemens (nom) CDEM-7.2 613; 1378 Clemens (nom) hanquetvol1 2370, Clementi (dat) ibid. 508, Clementis (abl) ibid. 1319
Old French: ● 1296 Climent paris1296 p. 58; 1301 Climens (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 233; 1313 Clement Paris1313 p. 64, Climent ibid. p. 12; 1327 Clement MemDocMan-2 p. 174
Middle French: ● 1418 Clement HGParis p. 375, Climent ibid. p. 376; 1421 Clamens favier 239, Climent ibid. 39; 1423 Clement ibid. 280; 1438 Clement ibid. 25; 1564 Clément RegPCC-1 p. 56; 1565 Clément ibid. p. 111; 1566 Clément ibid. p. 204; 1567 Clément ibid. p. 288; 1571 Clément ibid. p. 456

Iceland

Middle Icelandic: ● 1500 Clemens (gen) DipIs-7 489

Ireland

Latin: ● fin12thC Clemens (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 12
Early Modern English: ● 1539 Clement Fiants-1 77

Italy

Latin: ● 1527 Clemens (nom) Rome1527 p. 85, Clemente (abl) ibid. p. 82

Latvia

Latin: ● 1289 Clemente (nom) RigSB 222

Spain

Latin: ● 1488 Clemens (nom) carbonell-I p. 21; 1489 Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 35
Catalan: ● 1510 Climent valencia1510 4417

Sweden

Latin: ● 1350 Clemens (nom) SDHK no. 6053
Early Modern Swedish: ● 1543 Clemets (gen) Audén1980 p. 162

Ukraine

Latin: ● 1469 Clemens (nom) AGZ-18 4, Clementi (dat) ibid. 4

Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Clement". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Clement.