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Etymology of Clement

What does the name Clement mean?

The distinguished surname Clement originated in the dynamic country of France. France has long been known for its powerful and eccentric royal dynasties. The surname Clement is derived from the popular French given name, Clement, which is derived from the Latin word "clemens", which means "mild" or "merciful". This type of surname is known as a patronym, and comes from a broad class of surnames, called hereditary surnames. 1

Early Origins of the Clement family

The surname Clement was first found in Poitou, where this family was established in early times.

This renowned family formed several branches that were confirmed with letters of nobility in 1698 and 1705. Of the branch Clémançeau de la Locquerie sprang the branch Colombier, namely Georges Clémançeau. The Clémançeau branch of la Lande contributed a deputy of the Legislature, and of the Cinq Cents. 2

Early History of the Clement family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clement research. Another 25 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1498, 1663, 1822 and 1861 are included under the topic Early Clement History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Clement Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Clément, Clement, Clemanceau, Clemancon, Clémence, Clémentin, Clémentel, Clémentet, Clémenceau, Clémencet, Clémençon, Clémenson, Clémançeau, Clémançon, Clémanson, Cléman, Clémendet, Clémendot, Clémençat, Clémensat and many more.

Early Notables of the Clement family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Louis Clémançeau, born in 1663. Felix Clément was born at Paris Jan. 13, 1822, composer, and writer on musical history and archaeology. His most important published...
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Clement World Ranking

In the United States, the name Clement is the 1,243^rd most popular surname with an estimated 24,870 people with that name. 3 However, in Canada, the name Clement is ranked the 417^th most popular surname with an estimated 11,195 people with that name. 4 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Clement is the 271^st popular surname. 5 France ranks Clement as 44^th with 43,725 people. 6 New Zealand ranks Clement as 794^th with 917 people. 7

Clement migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Clement Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Joreme Clement, who landed in Virginia in 1623 8
Elizabeth Clement, who arrived in Jamestown, Va in 1624 8
Augustine Clement, painter who arrived in New England in 1635 aboard the ship "James", bound for Dorchester 8
Edey Clement, who settled in Virginia in 1635
Margaret Clement, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 8
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Clement Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Lucrece Clement, who landed in New York in 1731 8
Mich Clement, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 8
Agnes Clement, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743 8
Miss Clement, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1754 8
Moses Clement, who landed in New York in 1755 8
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Clement Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Clement, who landed in America in 1801 8
David Clement, aged 22, who arrived in New York, NY in 1803 8
Andrew Clement, aged 20, who landed in New York, NY in 1803 8
James Clement, who arrived in Boston in 1847
Josepha Clement, aged 26, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 8
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Clement migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Clement Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Pierre Clement, aged 29, who arrived in Quebec in 1656
Mr. Pierre Clément, French labourer travelling to Canada to work for François Peron, arriving on 11th April 1656 9
Pierre Clement married Louise Gélé in Quebec on 25th August 1659 10
Jean Clement, son of Jean and Anne, who married Madeleine Surget, daughter of François and Marguerite, in Quebec on 28th September 1659 10
Pierre Clément, the son of Jean and Jeanne Martin, originally of Aunis, who married Louise Gèle in Quebec in 1659
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Clement Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Pierre Clement, son of Pierre and Catherine, who married Marie-Catherine Prézot-Préjean-Larivière, daughter of Michel and Marie, in Montreal, Quebec on 19th April 1702 10
Pierre Clément dit Larivière, who married, Marie Prézeau in Montreal, in 1702
Édouard Clement, son of Robert and Élisabeth, who married Catherine-Angélique Gautier, daughter of Jean and Angélique, in Quebec on 27th October 1710 10
André Clement, son of Gilbert and Madeleine, who married Marie Gaboury, daughter of Antoine and Jeanne, in Saint-Augustin, Quebec on 18th November 1720 10
Bernard Clement, son of Pierre and Marie-Catherine, who married Marie Messaguier, daughter of Hugues and Marie-Anne, in Lachine, Quebec on 8th January 1721 10
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Clement Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Jacques Clément, the son of Jean and Julienne Vivie of Normandy, who was married in Quebec to Marie-Louise Giraud
Joseph Clement, who arrived in Canada in 1841

Clement migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Clement Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Miss Catherine Clement, English convict who was convicted in Chester, Cheshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Canada" in March 1810, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 11
Lavinia Clement, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "British Sovereign" in 1847 12
Margaret Clement, Scottish convict from Stirling, who was transported aboard the "Anna Maria" on October 4, 1851, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 13
John Clement, aged 28, a smelter, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Glentanner" 14

Clement migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Clement Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mrs. Elizabeth Clement, (b. 1829), aged 28, British se travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 15
Mr. Shadrack Clement, (b. 1831), aged 26, British agricultural labourer travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 15
Mr. William Henry Clement, (b. 1851), aged 6, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 15
Miss Elizabeth Ann Clement, (b. 1853), aged 4, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 15
Mr. Edward Charles Clement, (b. 1855), aged 2, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 15
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Contemporary Notables of the name Clement (post 1700) +

Robert Nelson "Bob" Clement (b. 1943), Tennessee politician
John Louis "Johnny" Clement (1919-1969), American football player
Frank Goad Clement (1920-1969), American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959, and again from 1963 to 1967
Matthew Paul Clement (b. 1974), former American Major League Baseball starting pitcher
John Henderson Clement (b. 1931), American singer, songwriter, and a record and film producer
René Clément (1913-1996), French film director and screenwriter
Pascal Clément (1945-2020), French politician, member of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, French Minister of Justice (2005-2007)
Gabriel-Joseph Clément, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 16
François Marie Clément de La Roncière, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 17
Jacques-Valère Clément, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 18
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Historic Events for the Clement family +

HMAS Sydney II

Mr. William Clement (1922-1941), Australian Ordinary Seaman from Auburn, Victoria, Australia, who sailed into battle aboard HMAS Sydney II and died in the sinking 19

Citations +

Dauzat, Albert, Morlet, Marie-Thérèse, Dictionaire Étymologique des Noms et Prénoms de France. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1987. Print.
Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
"Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Debien, Gabriel. Liste Des Engagés Pour Le Canada Au XVIIe Siècle. Vol. 6, Laval University, 1952. (Retreived 24th May 2018). Retrieved from https://lebloguedeguyperron.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/130-liste-des-contrats-dengagement-pour-la-nouvelle-france-releves-a-la-rochelle-entre-1634-et-1679/
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 9th December 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/canada
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) BRITISH SOVEREIGN 1847. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1847BritishSovereign.htm
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Anna Maria voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1851 with 200 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/anna-maria/1851
South Australia Passengerlists (Retrieved 10th November 2010). Retrieved from https://archives.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documentstore/passengerlists/1855/GRG35_48_1_55-35_Glentanner.pdf
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Gabriel-Joseph Clément. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) François Clément. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Jacques-Valère Clément. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
HMAS Sydney II, Finding Sydney Foundation - Roll of Honour. (Retrieved 2014, April 24) . Retrieved from http://www.findingsydney.com/roll.asp