Clint is the short form of Clinton, an English surname taken from place names that are usually explained as "settlement on a hill" or "hill town". For most Americans the name means one man, Clint Eastwood, whose westerns gave it a lean, laconic image. Clint ranked number 919 in the United States in 2000, its last year in the top 1000, stood at number 1454 in 2015 and has eased down to number 2364 in 2025.