Clementine
Latin at root, carrying the sense of "merciful". It's genuinely rare in Poland: only about 32 women hold it, and most Poles have never met one.
Clementine Pronunciation
Clementine is pronounced tsle-men-TEE-ne (/t͡slɛmɛnˈtinɛ/).
What Clementine means
Where Clementine comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Clementine grows from the Latin clemens, meaning mild or merciful. The Roman family used Clemens as a cognomen, and early Christians took it up, followed by popes who reigned as Clement. From that root the feminine Clementine took shape, and it settled most comfortably into English use.
The English fondness for the name owes something to song. "Oh My Darling, Clementine" dates to 1884, and it carried the name well past the Latin classroom. The meaning stayed close to the origin: merciful, forgiving, slow to anger.
In Polish the name becomes Klementyna, and its cross-gender partner is Klemens. Klementyna z Tańskich Hoffmanowa, a writer of the early nineteenth century, remains the best-known Polish bearer. On a class register the full name runs long. It shortens fast. What holds underneath is the old Latin sense, clemens, merciful.
How many people are named Clementine
1 in 704495 women in Poland is named Clementine. 32 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7109 among female names.
Clementine's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Clementine as a middle name
Clementine is a first name for 32 women in Poland and a middle name for another 24, a 57/43 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1447th, between Bona (24) and Cécile (24).
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#1445 Bernada24
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#1446 Bona24
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#1447 Clementine24
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#1448 Cécile24
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#1449 Eveline24