All About the Name Clelia

Gender: Girl
Meaning: Famous
Origin: Italian from Latin
Current Popularity: Not in the top 1,000 names

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More about the name Clelia:

Clelia (KLey-LYAH) is a girl’s name of Italian origin meaning: “famous”. Clelia comes from Latin Cloelia, with the root of the verb cluere “to have renown, fame,”. The name was borne by a mythological heroine of early Roman history who according to legend, was given to an Etruscan invader but she managed to escape by swimming across the Tiber river.

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