Clelia
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Latin Cloelia; probably Etruscan origin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Clelia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- ARArgentina≈1 in 5.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 7.9K
- ITItaly≈1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 173 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.3K (inferred from the name graph)
9,260 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Argentina, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Latin Cloelia; probably Etruscan origin.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Clelia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 9,260 | 1 in 23K | 11K | Clelia | 89 |
| AR Argentina | #599 | ≈8,500 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | 6 | Clelia | 63 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 11K | 180 | Clelia | 66 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 24K | 4.5K | — | 5 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Clelia | 44 |
| SV El Salvador | #715 | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Clelia | 16 |
| UY Uruguay | #420 | 320 | 1 in 11K | 320 | Clelia | 12 |
9,260 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Clelia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From Latin Cloelia, name of a semi-mythological heroine of early Roman history.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In German, weibl. Vom., der auf lat. Cloelia, die weibliche Form zu dem altrömischen Ge schlechtemamen Cloelius (vgl. lat. duëre »gepriesen werden«), zurückgeht. Eine lite rarische Gestalt ist die Clelia in Stendhals
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
La gloriosa, la que espera gloria
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
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Italian and English: from Latin Cloelia , the name borne by a semi-mythological heroine of early Roman history. She was given as a hostage to the Etruscan invader Lars Porsenna, but made an escape back to Rome by swimming the Tiber.
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Clelia Farneseb. 1556FRItalian noblewoman (1556-1613)
- Celia Grillo Borromeob. 1684ITnot in their usual nameItalian mathematician and scientist
- Clelia Barbierib. 1847ITItalian Roman Catholic religious and saint (1847–1870)
- Clelia Duel Mosherb. 1863USAmerican physician
- Clelia Garibaldib. 1867ITItalian writer (1867-1959)
- Clelia Mataniab. 1918ITItalian film and voice actress (1918–1981)
- Clelia Rondinellab. 1963ITItalian actress
- Clelia Sartob. 1973DEGerman actress
- Clelia Murphyb. 1975IEIrish actress
- Clelia Haji-Ioannoub. 1975MCCypriot billionnaire
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 51 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 11K | #1,983 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 11K | #826 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 9.3K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 9.2K | #1,819 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2019 | 4.5K | #2,717 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 320 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 320 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 180 | #139 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2000 | 50 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 36 | #1,819 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 29 | #40,315 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2018 | 6 | #3,179 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Clelia mean, and where does it come from?
- Latin Cloelia; probably Etruscan origin. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- In which country does Clelia have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 9.3 thousand people named Clelia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled clelia.
- Is Clelia a male or female name?
- Clelia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Clelia?
- In the etymology graph, Cloelia is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Clelia?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 9,260 people named Clelia in 2022, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.
- How common is Clelia compared with other names?
- In Uruguay, Clelia is the 420th most common given name of 12,212 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cleliaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Clelia” — the 420th most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.