Clint
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement on a cliff; short form of Clinton.
Babies a year
134
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Clint by the numbers
Clint was given to 134 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 1,274 babies in 1980, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clint. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Colinyoung warrior; a form of Caoilean1,662 in the US (2017)
- Clintonsettlement on a hill or slope139 in the US (2017)
- Clivecliff dweller, from clif67 in the US (2017)
- Cainea form of Cain; acquired or possession64 in the US (2017)
- Cliffsteep slope or cliff; short for Clifford24 in the US (2017)
- Cristfollower of Christ or variant of Crispin10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Clint
Names that are said the same way as Clint, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Klintfrom a cliff; a form of clint7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Clint, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Clint
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