Clemens
Means "the merciful"
Clemens is a Latin name meaning "merciful" or "gentle," used as both a given name and surname.
The name appears most famously as the pen name of American author Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
As a surname, it has produced notable figures in sports, particularly baseball: Roger Clemens dominated pitching in the 1980s and 90s.
- Mississippi RiverLongest North American watercourse
- humoristOne who creates comedy
- satiristOne who mocks through wit
- American literatureU.S. written works
Huckleberry Finn · Tom Sawyer · The Gilded Age · pseudonym · lecturer · Halley's Comet · Elmira · travelogue
Study of family descent
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
German origin · patronymic · descendants · Roberto Clemente · family tree · coat of arms · Ellis Island · immigration records
Mark Twain
- Mississippi RiverLongest North American watercourse
- humoristOne who creates comedy
- satiristOne who mocks through wit
Huckleberry Finn · Tom Sawyer · American literature · The Gilded Age · pseudonym · lecturer · Halley's Comet · Elmira · travelogue · realism
genealogy
Study of family descent
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
lineage · German origin · patronymic · descendants · Roberto Clemente · family tree · coat of arms · Ellis Island · immigration records · census records
- Samuel Clemens
- executive clemencyLeader's power to forgive crimes
- Roger Clemens
- clemency hearingProceeding to consider mercy
clemency, inclement, clement, clementine, inclemency, clemently