Clyde

Meaning: Its source is an English expression meaning "Cleansing."

Languages: This boy's name is used in English.

Non-English Forms: Kalaila

Popularity: The name Clyde ranked 187th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does not appear in the state data listing the most popular baby names.

Narrative: It comes from the name of a river in Scotland.

Scholars believe that this and other Scottish place names were given to slaves in America in place of their African names as part of the policy of forced acculturation that characterized American slavery.

Despite this bleak association, the name remains popular among African Americans, and has spread to other ethnic groups as well.

Arts and Music

Clyde ''Red'' Foley (born 1910, died 1968)
American singer.
- Country Music Hall of Fame (see list of Country Music Hall of Fame)

Leadership

Clyde H. Hamilton
American judge.
- Circuit Judge, Fourth Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)

Science and Philosophy

Clyde V. Cessna
American stunt pilot and aircraft designer.
- Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
Clyde W. Tombaugh (born 1906, died 1997)
American astronomer.
- Discovered the planet Pluto in 1930 (see list of Mathematicians, Physicists & Astronomers)

Sports

Clyde Lovellette
Basketball player.
- Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)
Clyde Sinclair
American basketball player.
- Harlem Globetrotter (see list of The Harlem Globetrotters)
Clyde ''Bulldog'' Turner
- Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1966 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)

Stage and Screen

Clyde Cook
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
Clyde ''Red'' Foley (born 1910, died 1968)
American singer.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
Clyde McCoy (born 1903)
American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)


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Teasing Nicknames:

Clod
Glide
One-Eye Clyde
Clyde-oscope

Associations:

Notorious for their violence, robbers Bonnie and Clyde captured the imagination of the American public in the early 1930s.

''Clydesdale'' is slang for an attractive man.

Meaning: Its source is an English expression meaning "Cleansing."

Popularity: The name Clyde ranked 2060th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.

This name is usually reserved for boys. In part, it may owe its position on the US Census popularity list to incorrectly filled-out census forms.

Narrative: Its source is the name of a river in Scotland.

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