Chloe
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Chloe is a first or given name for girls, especially popular in England. The name comes from the Greek
(khlóē), meaning "young green shoot" and is one of the many names of the Greek goddess Demeter
. The name appears once in the Bible, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe". The French equivalent is spelled Chloé
.
, Chloe was the most popular name for newborns from 1997 to 2002, followed by Emma in 2003. It was also the most popular girl's name throughout the UK for the seven years preceding 2002.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
(khlóē), meaning "young green shoot" and is one of the many names of the Greek goddess Demeter
Demeter
In Greek mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth, and the seasons . Her common surnames are Sito as the giver of food or corn/grain and Thesmophoros as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society...
. The name appears once in the Bible, in 1 Corinthians 1:11 in the context of "the house of Chloe". The French equivalent is spelled Chloé
Chloé (given name)
Chloé is a French feminine given name. It may refer to :* Chloé Graftiaux , a Belgian sport climber* Chloé Georges , a French acrobatic skier* Chloé Katz , an American figure skater...
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Popularity
In Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
, Chloe was the most popular name for newborns from 1997 to 2002, followed by Emma in 2003. It was also the most popular girl's name throughout the UK for the seven years preceding 2002.
People
- Chloe (American singer)Chloe (American singer)Chloe Lowery is an American singer/songwriter born in Largo, Florida. By the age of nine she was performing professionally at corporate events and by the age of 12 she was signed to RCA Records. She was a featured vocalist during the 2009 tour for Yanni Voices produced by Disney Pearl Imprint...
(1987–) - Chloe (Australian singer)Chloe (Australian singer)Chloe, is an Australian pop singer-songwriter born in NSW.Her debut song "Stars" was released in Australia on 24 September 2004 through Sony BMG peaked at number sixty-six on the ARIA singles chart...
- Chloe (pornographic actress) (1971–)
- Chloë AgnewChloë AgnewChloë Alexandra Adele Emily Agnew is an Irish singer who is one of the current members of the Celtic music group Celtic Woman as the youngest member. She comes from Knocklyon, County Dublin where she lived with her mother Adele "Twink" King and younger sister Naomi...
(1989–), Irish singer and the youngest member of Celtic Woman - Chloe AlperChloe AlperChloe Alper is a British/French musician and artist, best known as a singer and bassist in the British New prog rock group Pure Reason Revolution. Her career began with girl punk band Period Pains, and she later appeared as a guest vocalist on the Hope of the States song The Good Fight...
(1981–), English singer and bass player for the band Pure Reason Revolution - Chloë AnnettChloë AnnettChloë Victoria Annett is an English actress, best known for her role in series 7 and 8 of the British sitcom Red Dwarf.-Early life and family:...
(1971–), British actress - Chloe Bridges (1991-), American and teen actress, singer and pianist
- Chloe DaoChloe DaoChloe Dao , is an American fashion designer of Vietnamese ancestry who lives and works in Houston, Texas. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show Project Runway with a collection of women's evening wear...
(1972–), Season Two winner of the reality television series Project Runway - Chloe DolandisChloe DolandisChloe Dolandis is an American singer-songwriter, voice actor and TV host. An independent artist, her 2011 debut album, Bring Back The Fever, was penned by Dolandis and her writing team, and produced and engineered by Grammy winner Zach Ziskin...
, American television host - Chloe EvertonChloe EvertonChloe Everton is a British presenter on the channel Sky Sports News.Everton began her career as a physical education teacher, before finding fame on C4's desert island reality television show Shipwrecked in 2002. She went on to be a presenter on shopping channels Bid tv and Price-drop tv before...
(1979-), British television presenter - Chloe HooperChloe HooperChloe Hooper is an Australian author. Her first novel, A Child’s Book of True Crime , was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Literature and was a New York Times Notable Book...
(1973-), Australian author - Chloe JonesChloe JonesChloe Jones was an American pornographic actress.-Early life and career:...
(1975–2005), American model and pornographic actress - Chloe Rose LattanziChloe Rose LattanziChloe Rose Lattanzi is an American singer and actress. She was born in Los Angeles to actress and singer Olivia Newton-John. Her father is actor Matt Lattanzi...
(1986-), American actress and singer - Chloe MarshallChloe MarshallChloe Elizabeth Marshall is an English plus-size model from Cranleigh, Surrey. Having won the Miss Surrey title in March 2008, she became the first size 16 model to reach the finals for the Miss England tiara....
(1991–), British plus-size model - Chloë MoretzChloe MoretzChloë Grace Moretz is an American actress, known for her role as Hit-Girl in the 2010 superhero film Kick-Ass. She also appeared in The Amityville Horror, Days of Summer, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Hugo, and portrayed Abby, the child vampire, in Let Me In.-Personal life:Moretz was born in Atlanta,...
(1997–), American child actress - Chloe MossChloe Moss-Life:Ms. Moss grew up in Liverpool and attended Manchester Metropolitan University, where she studied film. She joined the Royal Court's Young Writers programme and wrote her first professional play, A Day In Dull Armour...
(1976-), British playwright - Chloe RogersChloe RogersChloe Naomi Rogers is an English field hockey player midfield and forward. She made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey team in October 2003 versus Japan at Chelmer Park, Chelmsford, Essex.-Hockey:She plays club hockey for Leicester and won a bronze medal...
(1985–), English field hockey player - Chloë SevignyChloë SevignyChloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny gained reputation for her eclectic fashion sense and developed a broad career in the fashion industry in the mid 1990s, both for modeling and for her work at New York's Sassy magazine, which labeled her...
(1974–), American actress - Chloe SuttonChloe SuttonChloe Sutton is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American...
(1992–), American swimmer - Chloe WebbChloe WebbChloe Webb is an American actress.Webb was born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. Her New York theater debut was in the original cast of the long-running musical satire Forbidden Broadway...
(1956–), American actress - Chloe Wofford (1931–), (birth name of Toni MorrisonToni MorrisonToni Morrison is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved...
) American author, editor, and professor - Chloe SmithChloe SmithChloe Rebecca Smith is a British politician and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Norwich North. She was elected to the seat in a by-election on 23 July 2009 following the resignation of Labour MP Ian Gibson after the MPs' expenses scandal.-Early life:Born in Ashford, Kent, she was aged 3...
(1982-), BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician - Khloé KardashianKhloe KardashianKhloé Kardashian Odom is an American businesswoman, television personality, radio host, socialite, and model...
(1984–), Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Fictional characters
- Aunt Chloe, in the novel Uncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman....
by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Chloe, a Chihuahua voiced by Drew Barrymore in the movie Beverly Hills ChihuahuaBeverly Hills ChihuahuaBeverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 family comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and released on October 3, 2008...
- Chloe, in the play Daphnis and ChloeDaphnis and ChloeDaphnis and Chloe is the only known work of the 2nd century AD Greek novelist and romancer Longus.-Setting and style:It is set on the isle of Lesbos during the 2nd century AD, which is also assumed to be the author's home. Its style is rhetorical and pastoral; its shepherds and shepherdesses are...
by ancient Greek novelist Longus - Chloe, the heroine of the poem The Fable of the BeesThe Fable of the BeesThe Fable of The Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits is a book by Bernard Mandeville, consisting of the poem The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves turn’d Honest and prose discussion of it. The poem was published in 1705 and the book first appeared in 1714...
by Bernard Mandeville - Chloe, in the Noir anime TV series
- Chloe, in the operetta Orpheus in the UnderworldOrpheus in the UnderworldOrphée aux enfers is an opéra bouffon , or opéra féerie in its revised version, by Jacques Offenbach. The French text was written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux....
by Jacques Offenbach - Chloe, in the comic opera Princess IdaPrincess IdaPrincess Ida; or, Castle Adamant is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was their eighth operatic collaboration of fourteen. Princess Ida opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 5, 1884, for a run of 246 performances...
by Gilbert and Sullivan - Chloe, in the novel SleepoversSleepovers (book)Sleepovers is a book by Jacqueline Wilson published in 2001. The story is about Daisy, who hangs out with her friends Amy, Bella, Chloe and Emily: "The Alphabet Club", which was formed by Daisy herself...
by Jacqueline Wilson - Chloe, in Atom Egoyan's 2009 film ChloeChloe (film)Chloe is a 2009 erotic thriller directed by Atom Egoyan, a remake of the 2004 French film Nathalie.... This version stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried in the title role...
- Chloe, in PBS Kids SproutPBS KIDS SproutPBS Kids Sprout is a U.S. digital cable television channel, video-on-demand service, and website providing PBS Kids shows and original programming for preschoolers and their families...
programme Chloe's ClosetChloe's ClosetChloe's Closet is an American animated children's series created by MoonScoop that airs on PBS Kids Sprout since July 12, 2010.-Plot:The adventures of an adorable, lovable, four-year-old girl and her friends and toys go on magical adventures in her closet at her room... - Chloe Armstrong, in the television series Stargate UniverseStargate UniverseStargate Universe is a Canadian-American military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. It follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way...
- Chloe Brennan, in the soap opera One Life to Live
- Chloe Cammeniti, in the Australian soap opera NeighboursNeighboursNeighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
- Chloe Carter, on Harper's Island
- Chlo Charles, in the BBC television series Waterloo Road
- Chloe FrazerChloe FrazerChloe Frazer is a fictional character in the Uncharted series, and serves as a female protagonist of the 2009 video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Frazer was designed to provide a darker counterpart to main series protagonist Nathan Drake, and to highlight these facets of his personality. She is...
, from the video game Uncharted franchise - Chloe Jones, in the television series A Country PracticeA Country PracticeA Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...
- Chloe King, in the 2011 American television series The Nine Lives of Chloe KingThe Nine Lives of Chloe KingThe Nine Lives of Chloe King is an American fantasy drama television series which premiered on ABC Family on June 14, 2011 and ended on August 16, 2011. The one-hour drama is based on the book series of the same name by Liz Braswell...
- Chloe LaneChloe LaneChloe Lane is a fictional character on the American NBC soap opera Days of our Lives. Created by head writer Tom Langan, she is portrayed by actress Nadia Bjorlin...
, in the television series Days Of Our Lives - Chloe MitchellChloe MitchellChloe Mitchell is a fictional character on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. She was first portrayed by a set of twins, Darla and Sandra Greer, from 1990 to 1991, and briefly by Danielle Ryah in 1994...
, in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless - Chloe O'BrianChloe O'BrianChloe O'Brian is a fictional character played by actress Mary Lynn Rajskub on the US television series 24. An analyst at CTU Los Angeles , she is Jack Bauer's most trusted colleague, often doing unconventional and unauthorized favors for him, even at personal risk to herself...
, in the television series 24 - Chloe Payne, in the television series MercyMercy (TV series)Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April....
- Chloe RichardsChloe RichardsChloe Richards is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Kristy Wright. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 28 June 1995. Chloe left in 1999, making a short return stint in 2005 when she died from the resulting injuries of a car...
, in the Australian soap Home and Away - Chloe Saunders, in Kelley ArmstrongKelley ArmstrongKelley Armstrong is a Canadian author, primarily of fantasy works.She has published sixteen fantasy novels , set in the world of the Women of the Otherworld and the Darkest Powers series, also two crime novels in 2007 and 2009...
's Darkest Powers trilogy - Chloe Simon, in Disney's 102 Dalmatians102 Dalmatians102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and starring Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil. It is the sequel to 101 Dalmatians, a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name. In the film, Cruella de Vil attempts to steal puppies for her...
- Chloe SteeleChloe SteeleChloe Steele, a fictional character from the Left Behind series of novels, was a Junior at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California until the disappearance of millions of people worldwide.-Fictional Biography:...
, in the Left Behind series - Chloe Stilton, in the animated Horseland series
- Chloe SullivanChloe SullivanChloe Sullivan is a fictional character from the television series Smallville. Series regular Allison Mack has portrayed the character since the pilot episode; two other actresses performed the role of Chloe Sullivan as a child. The character was created exclusively for Smallville, by series...
, in the television series Smallville - Chloe Valens, in the video game Tales of LegendiaTales of Legendia, is a role-playing game that was developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was released in Japan on August 25, 2005 and in the United States on February 7, 2006. Tales of Legendia's characteristic genre name is . It is the seventh mothership title in the Tales...
- Chloe Wheeler, in the television series Coming of AgeComing of Age (2008 TV series)For other uses, see Coming of Age Coming of Age was a British situation comedy written by Tim Dawson produced in house by BBC Productions and aired on BBC Three. The show took a direct look at five sixth form students, Jas, Ollie, Matt, Chloe and DK, as well as new character Robyn Crisp, who are...