Baby name

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Cleide

/KLAY · deh/


“Scottish river name”

Brazilian feminine name, possibly related to Clyde (from the Scottish river name) or an independent Brazilian coinage; used almost exclusively in Brazil.

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How it ages.

Specifically Brazilian; associated with mid-20th century naming, now nostalgic.

The cultural moment.

Common in Brazil from the 1940s through 1970s.