Entry № 3024 · Greek origin

Khloe Khloe — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KLO-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Blooming, green shoot"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 71
First recorded
Modern (2000s)

A name that means "blooming, green shoot".

Khloe is a modern variant spelling of Chloe — from the Greek khlóē (χλόη), meaning "young green shoot" or "new bloom." Chloe was an epithet of the goddess Demeter, referring to the spring growth of grain.

The K- spelling rose with Khloe Kardashian's prominence on reality TV in the late 2000s and is now firmly established. Today Khloe sits in the U.S. top 75.

A green shoot in spring. The K-spelling that made it modern.

The name in its native script.

χλόη
Transliteration
khlóē
Pronunciation
/ ˈkloʊ.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Khloe stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 71 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 17 in 2012
Babies named Khloe · last year
3624 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
2010
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · №17 NOW · №71

Khloes before her.

Real people
Khloe Kardashian
American media personality.
born 1984
In fiction
Khloe
Common contemporary character name.

Names connected to Khloe.

The number behind Khloe.

1

The Pioneer

Khloe reduces to one — the number of singular brightness.

Why families chose this name.

"We wanted Chloe but with our own twist. The K stuck."
Tamika · Mother of one · Atlanta