| Fleur | Clemence | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Flower | Mercy |
| Origin | french | French |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | FLUR | kleh-MAHNS |
| Syllables | 1 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1926 | 1886 |
| Peak year | 2021 (16) | 1917 (20) |
| In 2025 | 11 | 9 |
| Trend | Rising | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Fleur | Clemence |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 64 | 42 |
| 2010s | 92 | 60 |
| 2000s | 26 | 16 |
| 1990s | 0 | 5 |
| 1980s | 15 | 0 |
| 1970s | 49 | 0 |
| 1950s | 5 | 0 |
| 1940s | 0 | 6 |
| 1930s | 6 | 25 |
| 1920s | 13 | 94 |
| 1910s | 0 | 126 |
| 1900s | 0 | 90 |
| 1890s | 0 | 73 |
| 1880s | 0 | 11 |
Literally the French word for 'flower', from Latin 'flos/floris'. Popularised in English by the character Fleur in Galsworthy's 'The Forsyte Saga'.
Clémence comes from the Latin for “mercy” or “clemency.”
Fleur is more popular than Clemence today: about 11 US babies were given the name Fleur in 2025, compared with 9 named Clemence.
Fleur means Flower (french origin), while Clemence means Mercy (French origin).
In US records, Fleur first appears in 1926 and Clemence in 1886, so Clemence has the longer recorded history.