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Chloe is a feminine name of Greek origin. Behind the Name gives its meaning as "green shoot", referring to new plant growth in the spring; Wikipedia traces Greek Χλόη to a Proto-Indo-European root for yellow and green and glosses it "blooming". It was an epithet of the goddess Demeter, is mentioned by Paul in the New Testament, and gives its name to the ancient Greek novel Daphnis and Chloe. As an English name it dates from the Protestant Reformation but only became widely popular in the 1980s and 1990s, first in the United Kingdom and then the United States. It ranked #23 for girls in the United States in 2025 and is often written with a diaeresis, Chloë.

Behind the Name says Chloe "means 'green shoot' in Greek, referring to new plant growth in the spring", and that it was an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter. Wikipedia gives the Greek form Χλόη, derives it ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃- (relating to yellow and green), and renders the meaning as "blooming" or "fertility", specifying "young, green foliage or shoots of plants in spring". The two accounts describe the same image, spring growth, from slightly different angles; "fertility" is Wikipedia's extension of it.

Chloe was an epithet of Demeter and, per Wikipedia, a popular name in ancient Greece, as the title of the ancient Greek novel Daphnis and Chloe attests; it has stayed in use as a Greek name into modern times. Behind the Name notes that Paul mentions a Chloe in one of his New Testament epistles, and that the name has been used in English since the Protestant Reformation. Its modern rise came late: it started getting more popular in the 1980s in the United Kingdom and then the United States. Behind the Name says it was the most popular girls' name in England and Wales from 1997 to 2002; Wikipedia says it was the most popular newborn girls' name in Northern Ireland over the same years, and describes a UK peak in the late 1990s and 2000s. In the United States it has been in the top 100 since 1998, peaked at ninth in 2009 and 2010, and stood at 24th in 2021.

Chloe ranked #23 for girls in the United States in 2025 (Social Security Administration). Wikipedia says it has been in the US top 100 since 1998 and peaked at ninth in 2009–2010. It was the top girls' name in England and Wales (Behind the Name) and Northern Ireland (Wikipedia) from 1997 to 2002, fourth in Australia in 2013, and sixth in Canada in 2022.

English Chloe is /ˈkloʊ.i/, KLOH-ee, two syllables with the stress on the first; the diaeresis in Chloë marks that the final e is sounded separately. Behind the Name lists forms in a handful of other languages; their pronunciations were not verified in this pass.

Chloe manages to feel both ancient and light. The classical and biblical credentials are real, but the name carries none of the weight of Elizabeth or Catherine; it is short, bright and easy to say in most European languages. Its rise from the 1980s means it now reads as a name of a particular generation in the UK, while in the United States its long run in the top 100 has made it a settled modern classic rather than a fad. Parents choosing between spellings should note that Chloë is the traditional diaeresis form and Khloe a recent respelling.

The bearers below are the ones named in the Behind the Name entry and in the sections of the Wikipedia article read for this profile; the article's long list of people named Chloe was not mined.

Names that share Chloe's Greek roots, its short bright sound, or its modern-classic register.