Clovis
Clovis is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Belgium, Switzerland
- US records 1880–2017
- 2,984 male / 627 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Clovis
If you do not know Clovis’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Clovis,” in English, “Guten Tag Clovis,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Clovis,
German
Guten Tag Clovis,
French
Bonjour Clovis,
Spanish
Estimado/a Clovis:
Chinese
Clovis您好:
Japanese
Clovis様
English
Hi Clovis,
German
Hi Clovis,
French
Salut Clovis,
Spanish
Hola Clovis,
Chinese
Clovis你好:
Japanese
Clovisさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
| Belgium | rare | man's name |
| Switzerland | rare | man's name |
| France | rare | man's name |
| Israel | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
2,984 male · 627 female · 3,611 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Clovis a male or female name?
Clovis is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Clovis in an email?
If you do not know Clovis’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Clovis,” in English, “Guten Tag Clovis,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Clovis a unisex name?
Clovis is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Clovis a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/clovis. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_clovis,
title = {Is Clovis a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/clovis},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}