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Clint - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Clint
 
 

 



[ 1 syll. clin(t), cl-i-nt ] The boy name Clint is pronounced as KLIHNT KEY. Clint is used mostly in English and its language of origin is Old English. Clint is a short form of the English name Clinton.

Clint is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1980 with 0.069% of baby boys being named Clint. It had a ranking of #193 then. The baby name has experienced a substantial fall in frequency since then, and is currently used on a very light scale. In 2007, among the family of boy names directly related to Clint, the English Clinton was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Clint include the English Clement, the French Clément, the Czech and Slavic Klement, the Czech, Russian, and Slavic Kliment, and the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Clemente.

KEY: Pronunciation for Clint: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


Details of famous persons named Clint:
Actor Clint Eastwood, born Clint Eastwood, Jr. 31 May 1930, San Francisco, California.
Singer Clint Black, born Clint Patrick Black February 4, 1962, Long Branch, New Jersey.

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