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Chloe

/ˈkloʊi/noun

A female given name.

The Greek roots

Χλόη
Khlóē
young green shoot

Literally: the first green blade

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The story of the word

Khlóē was a cult title of Demeter, worshipped as the green blade coming up through the field. The name reached English twice over: through Paul's letter to Corinth, which mentions the household of Chloe, and through the pastoral romance Daphnis and Chloe, which made it a shepherdess name in English verse. Chlorine was named in 1810 for its yellow-green colour, from khlōrós, the closely related adjective for that shade.

How it travelled
Ancient Greek → Latin → English
First recorded
17th century

Same family

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In a sentence

Chloe was the second most common girl's name on the register that year.

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