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Clotilde
Say it: kloh-TEELD
Meaning
From Germanic hlod 'fame' and hild 'battle'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Honoured as the queen who brought Clovis to Christianity, the name was revived in 19th-century France.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 1,013 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 1885, about 1 in 10,200 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Clothilde, Clotilda
| German | Chlothilde |
|---|---|
| Italian | Clotilde |
| Spanish | Clotilde |
| Latin | Chrodechildis |
Famous bearers
- Saint Clotilde, Burgundian princess, queen of the Franks and wife of Clovis I
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- 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.