The baby name Clerc is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced French: /klɛʁ/; English (anglicized): /klɜrk/ or /klɑːk/ (regional).
Clerc is French in Origin.
The baby name Clerc is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced French: /klɛʁ/; English (anglicized): /klɜrk/ or /klɑːk/ (regional).
Clerc is French in Origin.
Clerc descends from Old French clerc ‘scholar, cleric’, from Latin clericus. In medieval Europe a clerc was a literate person attached to church or administration, charged with reading, writing, and keeping accounts. The term became an occupational byname across France and Normandy and traveled to England with the Normans, developing into the widespread English surnames Clark and Clarke.
Variants and cognates include Clerk/Clerke (Middle English), Clark/Clarke (English), Leclerc or LeClerc and Leclercq (French), Clercq/De Clercq (Flemish), and Klerk/De Klerk (Dutch–Afrikaans); compare Italian Clerici. As a given name, Clerc is rare but occasionally adopted in Francophone and Anglophone circles for its sleek sound and studious aura. Its meaning centers on ‘scribe,’ ‘clerk,’ and ‘learned one.’ Pronounced ‘klairk’ in English and ‘klair’ with a French r; typically masculine yet now sometimes used unisex.
Clerc is extremely rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 12 recorded uses, across 8 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,233 | 2 | 20,130 |
Clerc is popular in 8 countries — most recent births per country:
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