Girl · Latin, through French
Claudette
Say it: kloh-DET
Meaning
A French feminine diminutive of Claude, from the Roman family name Claudius.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States
- 18,751 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1936, about 1 in 1,500 girls
- 11 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Claudette Colbert, actress
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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