MEANING & HISTORY
What does Clint mean?
Clint is documented as a familiar form of Clinton. The dictionary also describes a Yorkshire place-name Clint from older Danish vocabulary, which should not be confused with the separate Clinton surname routes.
Clinton itself can reflect more than one English locality. These are alternatives, not a universal cliff-town translation to assign without context. Clint can stand as a complete given name, and a particular person’s fuller name or family account is needed before selecting an expansion or geographical interpretation.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Diminutive of Clinton. The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint.
A male given name.
EnglishEtymology & source
(English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton. (given name): Derived from the surnames. (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.
A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Clint in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Clint
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Flint♂Flint, the hard stone used to strike sparks
- Cliff♂Short form of Clifford or Clifton
- Clinton♂Given name transferred from an English place-name surname
- Clive·Cliff; surname-derived name
- Claire♀Bright, clear or shining
- Clara♀Clear, bright, or famous
- Clare♂♀Medieval English form of Clara: clear or bright
- Clark·Clerk, scholar or clergyman; surname-derived name
What rhymes with Clint?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Clint
2 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Clint Jude·Clint: a short form of Clinton; Jude: an English variant of Judas
- Ellery Clint·Hilary-family Ellery with the Clinton short form Clint
Explore Clint further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Clint (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Clint (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.