THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Clinton
Clinton is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. Its individual lexical definition is supplied below. The entry’s language identifies where this name sense is documented, without establishing an ultimate etymological origin. The etymology identifies the namesake or association as Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈklinton/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈk̠lin̪.t̪on̪]Standard-Tagalog
Clin · ton2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Usually after Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States.
a male given name from English, of 1990s usage
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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.
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Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Clinton
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Clinton Kane
Filipino-American singer-songwriter
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Clinton Kane
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Clinton in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Clinton
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
- Flinton·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Clint·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Alton·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Anton♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Ariston♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Cleto·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Danton♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Meliton♂Given name recorded in the source dictionary
What rhymes with Clinton?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Clinton further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q19826492 — Clinton (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Clinton Kane (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19826492 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Clinton (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Clinton (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.