Clovis

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.
• city, county seat Curry County (county) in central northeastern New Mexico (state) USA (country).
• city Fresno County (county) California (state) USA (country).
• A particular site that contains evidence of an early Native American culture; the culture associated with this site.

Origin

• Borrowed from Medieval Latin Clodovicus (cf. French Clovis), from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, the same Germanic source as French Louis, Dutch Lodewijk and German Ludwig, see there for further information. Louis, and Ludwig.
• The New Mexican city was named after a Frankish king; the Native American site and culture were named after this city.