"variant of Chloe, blooming"
"to fill to excess, satiate"
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“An ultra-rare one-syllable name with a distinctive sound”
Cloy as a given name may derive from the English word cloy meaning to satiate or overwhelm with sweetness, from the Old French encloyer meaning to nail or fasten. Alternatively it may be a variant of Chloe or an Anglicization of a Celtic name. As a given name, it appears very rarely, used in rural American communities.
Cloy is an extremely rare given name, with no notable pattern of usage. It may have been used as a surname turned first name in isolated communities, or as a phonetic spelling of Chloe.
The word cloy in English has a nuanced meaning related to excess pleasure or sweetness becoming tiresome. As a name it is distinctive but carries linguistic associations that parents should consider.
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In Greek mythology, Chloe was an epithet of Demeter as goddess of young green shoots, and also the name of a character in the ancient Greek romance Daphnis and Chloe
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