Chloe

Chloe
Pronunciation	/ˈkloʊ.iː/ KLOH-ee French: [klo.e]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Epithet of Demeter, referring to young, green foliage or shoots of plants
Other names
Related names	Chloe mejia

Chloe (also Chloë, Cloe, Chlöe, Chloé, Clowy, Kloe, Khloe, Khloë, Khloé, Kloé or Kloë) is a first or given name for girls, especially popular in the United Kingdom since about 1990. The name comes from the Greek χλόη (khlóē), of the many names of the Greek goddess Demeter, and refers to the young, green foliage or shoots of plants.^[1] The name appears in the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe".^[2] The French equivalent is spelled Chloé.

Popularity

In Northern Ireland, Chloe was one of the most popular names for newborns from 1997 to 2002, followed by Emma in 2003.^[3] It was also one of the most popular girls' names throughout the UK for the seven years preceding 2002.^[4] In 2013, it was the fourth most popular name for girls in Australia.^[5]

People

• Chloe (American singer) (Chloe Elaine Lowery, born 1987), American singer
• Chloë (Australian singer) (Chloë Stafford), Australian singer
• Chloe (actress) (born 1971), American pornographic actress
• Chloë Agnew (born 1989), Irish singer and the youngest member of Celtic Woman
• Chloe Alper (born 1981), English singer and bass player for the band Pure Reason Revolution
• Chloë Annett (born 1971), British actress
• Chloe Ashcroft (born 1942), British TV presenter
• Chloe Bennet (born 1992), Chinese-American actress and singer
• Chloe Bridges (born 1991), American and teen actress, singer and pianist
• Chloe Dao (born 1972), Season Two winner of the reality television series Project Runway
• Chloe Dolandis (born 1985), American television host
• Chloe Hooper (born 1973), Australian author
• Chloe Jones (1975–2005), American model and pornographic actress
• Chloe Rose Lattanzi (born 1986), American actress and singer
• Chloe Marshall (born 1991), British plus-size model
• Chloë Grace Moretz (born 1997), American teenage actress
• Chloe Moss (born 1976), British playwright
• Chloe Ann O'Neil (born 1943), New York politician
• Chloe Rogers (born 1985), English field hockey player
• Chloë Sevigny (born 1974), American actress
• Chloe Smith (born 1982), British Conservative Party politician
• Chloe Smith (musician), American folk musician and activist
• Chloe Sutton (born 1992), American swimmer
• Chloe Webb (born 1956), American actress
• Chloe Ardelia Wofford, birth name of Toni Morrison (born 1931), American author, editor and professor

Fictional characters

• Aunt Chloe, in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe;
• Chloe, a Chihuahua voiced by Drew Barrymore in the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua;
• Chloe, in the play Daphnis and Chloe by ancient Greek novelist Longus;
• Chloe, the heroine of the poem The Fable of the Bees by Bernard Mandeville;
• Chloe, in the Noir anime TV series;
• Chloe, in the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach;
• Chloe, in the comic opera Princess Ida by Gilbert and Sullivan;
• Chloe, in the novel Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson;
• Chloe, in the novel S.N.U.F.F. by Viktor Pelevin;
• Chloe, in Atom Egoyan's 2009 film Chloe;
• Chloe Corbin, in PBS Kids Sprout programme Chloe's Closet;
• Chloe Armstrong, in the television series Stargate Universe;
• Chloe Brennan, in the soap opera One Life to Live;
• Chloe Cammeniti, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours;
• Chloe Carter, on Harper's Island;
• Chlo Charles, in the BBC television series Waterloo Road;
• Chloe Frazer, from the video game Uncharted franchise;
• Chloe James, from Dog With a Blog;
• Chloe Jones, in the television series A Country Practice;
• Chloe King, in the 2011 American television series The Nine Lives of Chloe King;
• Chloe Lane, in the television series Days Of Our Lives;
• Chloe Mitchell, in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless;
• Chloe O'Brian, in the television series 24;
• Chloe Payne, in the television series Mercy;
• Chloe Pig, in the British television series Peppa Pig;
• Chloe Price, fictional character from the video game Life Is Strange.
• Chloe Richards, in the Australian soap Home and Away;
• Chloe Saunders, in Kelley Armstrong's Darkest Powers trilogy;
• Chloe Simon, in Disney's 102 Dalmatians;
• Chloe Steele, in the Left Behind series;
• Chloe Stilton, in the animated Horseland series;
• Chloe Sullivan, in the television series Smallville;
• Chloe Valens, in the video game Tales of Legendia;
• Chloe Wheeler, in the television series Coming of Age;
• Chloe, fictional character from The Tribe;
• Chloe, fictional character from Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.

Movies

• Chloe, 1996 French TV film starred by Marion Cotillard.
• Chloe, 2009 erotic thriller film starred by Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried.

See also

• All pages beginning with "Chloe"

References

1. χλόη in Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, revised and augmented throughout by Jones, Sir Henry Stuart, with the assistance of McKenzie, Roderick. Oxford: Clarendon Press. In the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University.
2. 1 Corinthians 1:11
3. "Jack and Emma were the most popular first names in Northern Ireland in 2003" (PDF) (Press release). Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 2 January 2004. Retrieved 14 February 2008. Jack and Emma were the most popular first names given to children whose births were registered in Northern Ireland in 2003
4. "Mohammed enters top boys' names". BBC News. January 5, 2005. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
5. "Australia’s 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-10.