Clóvis
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/klɔbiʃ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Clóvis is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil. Recorded meaning: From the name of the Frankish king Clovis I. Borrowed from Medieval Latin Clodovicus, Clodovechus (cf. also the form Ludovicus), the Latinised form of Frankish *Hlōdowig.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the name of the Frankish king Clovis I. Borrowed from Medieval Latin Clodovicus, Clodovechus (cf. also the form Ludovicus), the Latinised form of Frankish *Hlōdowig. Louis was derived from the same source, but developed naturally within French instead of being borrowed from the older form of the name. Compare also Ludovic. Cognate to German Ludwig and Dutch Lodewijk, which see for more information.
Sources 2
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Clóvis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 48K | — |
| FR France | — | 11K | — |
| US United States | — | 1.4K | — |
| UY Uruguay | — | 81 | — |
| FI Finland | — | 42 | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Clóvis Beviláquab. 1859BRBrazilian jurist (1859–1944)
- Clóvis Salgado da Gamab. 1906BRBrazilian doctor, professor and politician
- Clóvis Mamédeb. 1909BRBrazilian musician
- Clóvis Bornayb. 1916BRVenezuelan Brazilian museologist (1916-2005)
- Clóvis Frainerb. 1931BRBrazilian archbishop (1931–2017)
- Clóvis Buenob. 1940BRBrazilian actor
- Clóvis Rossib. 1943BRBrazilian journalist (1943-2019)
- Clóvis de Barros Filhob. 1966BRBrazilian academic
- Clóvis Fecuryb. 1969BRBrazilian politician
- Clóvis Bento da Cruzb. 1970BRBrazilian footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 48K | #805 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Clóvis mean, and where does it come from?
- From the name of the Frankish king Clovis I. Borrowed from Medieval Latin Clodovicus, Clodovechus (cf. also the form Ludovicus), the Latinised form of Frankish *Hlōdowig. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Clóvis?
- A machine transcription gives /klɔbiʃ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- Is Clóvis a male or female name?
- Clóvis is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Clóvis have the most bearers?
- Clóvis is most frequently recorded in Brazil.
What do you want to know about Clóvis?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/cl%C3%B3visThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Clóvis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.