Baby name
RARE
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Cleome
/klee · OH · mee/
Meaning
“Possibly 'to celebrate'”
Botanical name for a genus of flowering plants (spiderflowers), used rarely as an English feminine given name. The genus name's etymology is uncertain; it may derive from the Ancient Greek kleo, meaning 'to make famous, to celebrate'.
Vibe
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How it ages.
Essentially unused as a given name - borrowed directly from the flowering plant, so it reads as fresh and nature-inspired rather than traditional.
The cultural moment.
Rare as a given name; used almost exclusively in English-speaking families, borrowed directly from the flower.