Chloe
Meaning
"young green shoot," a springtime epithet of the harvest goddess Demeter, mentioned once in the New Testament; beloved in France for decades before the English-speaking world caught up. Ancient credentials, thoroughly modern sound
Also written Chloé.
Famously borne by snowboarder Chloe Kim.
The story
Chloe begins as something small and alive. The Greek word means green shoot, and ancient worshippers used it as an epithet of Demeter when they wanted to speak of the goddess's fresh growth. The New Testament mentions the household of a woman named Chloe, whose people brought Paul news of a divided community in Corinth. An ancient prose romance gave the name another life: Daphnis and Chloe follows two abandoned children raised by shepherds who slowly discover love and their own identities. The story survived when most works of its kind did not, carrying Chloe from a pastoral island into European art, music, and literature. Chloé adds the French accent, but the root remains the same tender image. The name does not promise beauty, success, or a particular temperament. It offers a moment instead: the first green sign that winter is ending and something new has begun to grow.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Chloe peaked in the 2000s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
2,791 people · the #4,090 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 71,429 · median age 1
Among people named Chloe living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 2,142 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Chloe
Most people given the name Chloe in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Chloe deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Chloe truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Chloe fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Chloe travels
Greek · blooming, verdant
Global crossover · blooming, verdant; a top-10 name in the UK, Ireland and France for years and a longtime US favorite
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