Clove
A girls’ name of English origin, meaning the spice clove; aromatic flower bud.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Clove by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Clove.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clove. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Cloverthe clover plant; symbol of luck65 in England and Wales (2025)
- Covesmall bay or inlet87 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cloeblooming or green shoot; variant of Chloe48 in the US (2017)
- Cloviediminutive or variant of clover3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cloie11 in the US (2017)
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a flower
Like Clove, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
- Florenceflourishing, in bloom1,924 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Clove
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