Submitted Name Revision History

Latinized form of KLYTIË. It was used by British author Joseph Hatton for the heroine of his novel 'Clytie' (1874), and borne by Australian opera singer Clytie Hine (1887–1983); it was also the birth name of Australian ceramic artist Klytie Pate (1912-2010). American author William Faulkner used it for a minor character in his novel 'Absalom, Absalom!' (1936), in which case it was a diminutive of CLYTEMNESTRA, and Eudora Welty for the title character of her story 'Clytie' (1941).