Chloe

See also Chloé, and Chloë

English

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Alternative forms

• Chloë
• Cloe

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλόη (khloē, “young green shoot”), an epithet of goddess Demeter.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊi

Proper noun

Chloe

1. A female given name
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 1 Corinthians 1:11:

     For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

   • 1731 Jonathan Swift, Strephon and Chloe:

     Of Chloe all the town has rung; / By ev'ry Size of Poets sung. / So beautiful a Nymph appears / But once in Twenty Thousand Years.

   • 1981 William Boyd, A Good Man in Africa, H.Hamilton , ISBN 0241105161, page 24:

     Before he had met this one, Morgan had assumed that people called Chloe were either the neurotic brilliant daughters of Oxbridge dons or else silly screaming debutantes.

Derived terms

• drunk as Chloe

Translations

female given name

• French: Chloé (fr)

• Japanese: クロエ (ja) (Kuroe)

Anagrams

• HELOC