Claude - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 1 syll. clau-de, cl-a-ude ] The boy name Claude is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KLAOD ^KEY. Claude is used predominantly in the French language and it is derived from Latin origins. Claude is a variant of the name Claudius (English and German).

Claude is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1901 with 0.295% of baby boys being given the name Claude. It ranked at #58 then. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is currently of very modest use. Among all boy names in its group, Claude was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Claude include Claud (English), Clyde (English and Scottish), Colt (English), Keld (Scandinavian), Kjeld (Scandinavian), Khalid (Arabic), Koldo (Basque), Claudio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Claudiu (Romanian), Cláudio (Portuguese), and Klaudiusz (Polish).

^KEY: English 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)"

Details of famous persons named Claude:
Artist Claude Monet, born 14 November 1840 - 5 December 1926, Paris, France.
Filmmaker Claude Jutra, born 11 March 1930, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Religious Figure Ra�l, born Claude Vorilhon, 30 September 1946.

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