Chloe
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkləʊ.i//
- Canada//ˈkloʊ.i//
- Australia//ˈkləʉ.i//
- New Zealand//ˈklɐʉ.i//
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
Of Chloe all the town has rung; / By ev'ry Size of Poets sung. / So beautiful a Nymph appears / But once in Twenty Thousand Years.
Before he had met this one, Morgan had assumed that people called Chloe were either the neurotic brilliant daughters of Oxbridge dons or else silly screaming debutantes.
New Zealand registration officials apparently blocked other questionable names in the past, including Fish and Chips and Sex Fruit, but allowed others, such as Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence. […] I’m fine with the Gavins and the Masons and the Chloes, but the Poppy Honeys and the Banjos and the Sex Fruits simply have to go.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλόη (khlóē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.
Forms
- plural
- Chloes
Chloe · A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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