Cloris as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Cloris

What is the meaning of the name Cloris ?

The baby name Cloris is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KLOH-ris (IPA: /ˈklɔːrɪs/; alternative /ˈkloʊrɪs/).

Cloris is Greek in Origin.

Cloris is an English variant of Chloris, from Ancient Greek Chlōris (Χλωρίς), based on chlōros, meaning “green, fresh, pale,” and by extension “verdant” or “new growth.” In Greek myth, Chloris is the nymph-goddess of flowers and spring; in Ovid’s Fasti, she is seized by the West Wind, Zephyrus, and transformed into Flora, her Roman counterpart.

The name reentered European use through Renaissance humanism and pastoral poetry, where Chloris served as a stock shepherdess’s name; it appears in music as well, from French À Chloris to Italian Clori in Baroque cantatas. English given-name usage has remained rare, with the streamlined spelling Cloris appearing in the 19th–20th centuries and made familiar by actress Cloris Leachman. Variants include Chloris (traditional), Chlōris (scholarly), and Clori (Italian); Chloe is a related Greek form, and Flora a mythic analogue. The meaning evokes freshness, greenery, and flowering renewal.