Clemens

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginLate Latin Clēmēns →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname.

    Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."

    1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in The New York Times
  2. A male given name, equivalent to English Clement.

Origin

  1. Late LatinClēmēns
  2. EnglishClemens

From Late Latin Clēmēns (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmēns (“merciful”). Doublet of Clement and San Clemente.

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Clemens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clemens

MLA

“Clemens.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clemens. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Clemens,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Clemens.

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