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Chloe
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Chloé Chloë Chlöe
English
Alternative forms
en Chloeigh Chloey Chloé Chloë Chlöe Cloe Khloe Khloeigh Khloé Kloeigh Kloey
Etymology
en ine-pro *ǵʰelh₃-
en grc χλόη young green shoot, an epithet of goddess Demeter.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkləʊ.i/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chloe.wav Southern England
en /ˈkloʊ.i/ GA,CA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-Chloe.wav Connecticut
en /ˈkləʉ.i/ AU
en /ˈklɐʉ.i/ NZ
en əʊi 2
Proper noun
s
en female Ancient Greek.
1 Corinthians 1 11:
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
en 1731 w:Jonathan Swift Strephon and Chloe Of Chloe all the town has rung; / By ev'ry Size of Poets sung. / So beautiful a Nymph appears / But once in Twenty Thousand Years.
en 1981 William Boyd A Good Man in Africa H.Hamilton 0241105161 24 Before he had met this one, Morgan had assumed that people called Chloe were either the neurotic brilliant daughters of Oxbridge dons or else silly screaming debutantes.
en Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter w:Austin Daily Herald https://www.austindailyherald.com/2009/04/meet-number-16-bus-shelter/ 2009-04-25 New Zealand registration officials apparently blocked other questionable names in the past, including Fish and Chips and Sex Fruit, but allowed others, such as Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence. I’m fine with the Gavins and the Masons and the Chloes, but the Poppy Honeys and the Banjos and the Sex Fruits simply have to go. https://web.archive.org/web/20250720181532/https://www.austindailyherald.com/2009/04/meet-number-16-bus-shelter/
Derived terms
en Chlark Chlollie drunk as Chloe
Translations
female given name
Arabic: ar كلوي f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克洛伊
Esperanto: eo Kloeo
French: fr Chloé f
Greek: el Χλόη f
Ancient Greek: grc Χλόη f
Italian: it Cloe f
Japanese: ja クロエ Kuroe
Korean: ko ^클로에
Persian: fa کلویی kloyi
Polish: pl Chloe f
Portuguese: pt Cloé f
Russian: ru Хло́я f cognate
Spanish: es Cloé f
Thai: th โคลอี
Anagrams
en cehlo Cohle HELOC c-hole chole chole- loche
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der en:Chloe<ety:uder<grc:χλόη<t:young green shoot>>> 2 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female Ancient Greek
Quotations
ceb
ceb female given names from English
French
Proper noun
f
fr Chloé: fr female Chloé Chloe
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Chloē + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Chloe.ogg
Proper noun
f 1
pl rare pl female Latin < Ancient Greek Chloe
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Chloe + 1
Pronunciation
Clowi
Proper noun
Klowi
tl female English