chloe
/ˈkloʊ.i/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "New Zealand registration officials apparently blocked other questionable names in the past, including Fish and Chips and Sex Fruit, but allowed others, such as Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence. […] I’m fine with the Gavins and the Masons and the Chloes, but the Poppy Honeys and the Banjos and the Sex Fruits simply have to go."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵʰelh₃-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkloʊ.i/
- British English: /ˈkləʊ.i/