Girl · Latin
Claudia
Say it: KLAW-dee-uh
Meaning
Latin, feminine of the Roman family name Claudius, usually linked to claudus 'lame'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common across Europe and Latin America in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 127,877 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1952, about 1 in 548 girls
- 242 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
LatinEarly ChristianEnglishSpanishItalianGermanBrazilianPolishRomanianMexican
The family of the name
| French | Claude |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Claudia |
| Italian | Claudia |
| Portuguese | Cláudia |
| German | Claudia |
| Polish | Klaudia |
| Russian | Klavdiya |
Famous bearers
- Claudia, a Christian mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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