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Claude - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Claude

[ 1 syll. clau-de, cl-a-ude ] The girl name Claude is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced KLAOD KEY. Claude is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in English and French. Claude is a form of the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Claudia. A variant of the name is the English and French pet form Claudette.

Claude is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Within the family of girl names directly related to Claude, the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Claudia was the most frequently used in 2008. Claude has in the last century been mainly given to boys.

Baby names that sound like Claude include the English Cloette, the English Clyde, the English Claudee, the English and French Claudette, the English Claudi, the English Claudie, the Spanish Cleta, the Irish Clodagh, the Greek Clytie, the English and French Colette, the English Collete, the English Collett, the English and French Collette, the Scandinavian Kelda, the Urdu Khaleda, the Arabic Khaloud, the Arabic Khuloud, the Czech Klaudie, the English Kolette, and the Greek and Italian Calida.

A famous person named Claude is Actress Claudia Cardinale, born Claude Joséphine Rose 15 April 1938, Tunis, Tunisia.

KEY: Pronunciation for Claude: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


 
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