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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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.

Belgium
Middle Dutch
1336 Clementien (dat) RSG1336-39 p. 14
Dutch
1578 Clement MPSA p. 81; 1579 Clement ibid. p. 82
Croatia
Latin
1439x1482 Clementi (gen) Brgles p. 8
Czech Republic
Latin
1351 Climent (nom) chlumecky 17
Denmark
Danish
1581 Clementz (gen) KD-1 no. 362
England
Latin
1155 Clemens (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1; 1189 Clemens (nom) GASurv p. 110; 1279–80 Clemens (nom) WaHR-SK p. 91; 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; 1561/2 Clementis (gen) RegSoABap p. 5; 1562/3 Clemens (nom) ibid. p. 6, Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 7; 1564 Clemens (nom) Reg-KirkElla p. 4; 1593 Clement (nom) RegSoAMar p. 16
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 bruton1 p. 31; 1568 Clement ExMar 2b; 1569 Clement SurMus II; 1581 Clement DEmar-vol2 p. 6; 1582 Clement BUmar-vol9 p. 6, DEmar-vol2 p. 8; 1583/4 Clement SurMus p. 55, Clemente ibid. p. 23; 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
Middle French
1580 Clement WCS p. 16; 1581 Clement ibid. p. 88; 1584 Clement ibid. p. 46; 1585 Clement ibid. p. 19; 1586 Clement ibid. p. 47; 1587 Clement ibid. p. 47; 1590 Clement ibid. p. 49; 1592 Clement ibid. p. 50; 1593 Clement ibid. p. 50; 1595 Clement ibid. p. 51; 1597 Clement ibid. p. 52; 1599 Clement ibid. p. 53
Walloon
1590/1 Clement RWC p. 15; 1591/2 Clement ibid. p. 20; 1594 Clement ibid. p. 33; 1594/5 Clement ibid. p. 36; 1595 Clement ibid. p. 38; 1596/7 Clement ibid. p. 45
Estonia
Middle Low German
1420 Clement BbRT p. 349; 1592 Clement Tiik1977 p. 288
Early Modern Swedish
1577 Clementh (nom) Hiiumaa p. 258; 1599 Clemett (nom) ibid. p. 282
Finland
Old Swedish
1405 Clemeth (nom) SDHK no. 16441
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; 1201 Clementis (gen) NDParisII 2-XLVIII; 1249 Clemens (nom) ibid. 2-CIX; 1260 Clementi (gen) ArrestReg-volI XXIII, Ascension; 1274 Clemens (nom) NDParisII 2-LV; 1301 Clemens (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 250; 1345 Clemens (nom) CDEM-7.2 613; 1351 Clemens (nom) MHN DXXXIX; 1378 Clemens (nom) hanquetvol1 2370, Clementi (dat) ibid. 508, Clementis (abl) ibid. 1319
Old French
1292 Climent (obl) HistHdVParis p. 111; 1296 Climent paris1296 p. 58; 1299 Climent (obl) HistHdVParis p. 146; 1301 Climens (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 233; 1313 Clement Paris1313 p. 64, Climent ibid. p. 12; 1327 Clement MemDocMan-2 p. 174
Middle French
1404 Clement HistHdVParis no. 4; 1418 Clement DdB1418 p. 200, HGParis p. 375, Climent ibid. p. 376, Clément DdB1418 p. 199; 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
Germany
Latin
1266 Clementis (gen) UrkMeck1 no. LXII; 1283 Clemens (nom) hennes-vol1 289, Clementis (gen) ibid. 289; 1289 Clementis (gen) ibid. 316
Hungary
Latin
1307 Clemens (nom) Slíz p. 80, s.n. Clemens; 1309 Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clemens; 1317 Clementi (dat) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clemens; 1319 Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clemens; 1322 Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clemens; 1329 Clemente (abl) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clemens; 1330 Clemente (abl) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clemens, Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clemens; 1332x1337 Clemens (nom) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clemens; 1333 Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens; 1337 Clementi (dat) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens; 1339 Clemens (nom) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens; 1340 Clemens (nom) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens, Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens; 1341 Clementem (acc) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens, Clementis (gen) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens; 1342 Clemens (nom) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens
1314 kecha (nom) Slíz p. 82, s.n. Clemens; 1330 Clementino (abl) ibid. p. 82, s.n. Clemens, Keche (nom) ibid. p. 82, s.n. Clemens; 1332x1337 Clementinus (nom) ibid. p. 81, s.n. Clemens; 1337 Clementinum (acc) ibid. p. 82, s.n. Clemens
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
1265 Clemens (nom) HAP p. 363, hennes-vol1 203; 1267 Clemens (nom) ibid. 207; 1387 Clementis (gen) Venditti II-2052; 1521 Clemens (nom) VitAs2 VI; 1527 Clemens (nom) Rome1527 p. 85, Clemente (abl) ibid. p. 82
Latvia
Latin
1289 Clemente (nom) RigSB 222
Poland
Latin
1229 Clemens (nom) CDT1 VI, clementis (gen) ibid. VI; 1234 clemens (nom) ibid. XIV; 1267 Clementis (gen) ibid. XIX; 1444 Clemente (abl) CDP2-2 CCXCV
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
Old Swedish
1379 Clæmeeth SDHK no. 11542, Clæmeth (nom) ibid. no. 11470; 1409 Clementir (nom) ibid. no. 17350
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. Pepe, M. Slíz, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Clement". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Clement.