Claudia

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Claudia

Say it: KLAW-dee-uh

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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

Latin Early Christian English Spanish Italian German Brazilian Polish Romanian Mexican

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

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GladysGirlAnglicized Welsh Gwladus; often linked with gwlad 'country', but this is uncertain.Victorian · peak 1901 · forgotten

ClydeBoyFrom the River Clyde in Scotland, whose ancient name (Clota) is Celtic; often linked to a root meaning 'to wash' but…Victorian · peak 1883

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

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.