Chloe


Chloe, also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ǵʰelh₃-, which relates to the colors yellow and green. In Greek the word refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring. Χλόη was one of the many epithets of the goddess Demeter. The French spelling is Chloé.

Popularity

The name was a popular Ancient Greek girl's name and remains a popular Greek name today.
It has been a very popular name in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s, peaking in popularity later in the 1990s and during the first decade of the 21st century.
In Northern Ireland, Chloe was the most popular name for newborn girls from 1997 to 2002, followed by Emma in 2003. It was also one of the most popular girls' names throughout the UK from 1995 to 2002. In 2013, it was the fourth-most popular name for baby girls in Australia.
Chloe was among the five most popular names for newborn girls of Asian descent in the American state of Virginia in 2022. It has ranked among the top one hundred names for newborn American girls nationally since 1998, peaking in 2009 and 2010 when it was the ninth most popular name given to girls. It was the twenty-fourth most popular name for American girls nationally in 2021. The name is occasionally misspelled as "Chole". The United States Social Security Administration noted that a number of parents of girls initially named "Chole" on their birth certificates had filed to correct the spelling to "Chloe" between 2017 and 2022.
In 2022, it was the sixth most popular name given to girls in Canada.

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