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 [ syll. clo-dag(h), cl-oda-gh ] The girl name Clodagh is an Irish name of Celtic origin. The first name is derived from the name of a river in County Tipperary, Ireland. It was first bestowed upon the daughter of the Marquis of Waterford in the early 20th century. In recent times, the name has been made known outside Ireland by the Irish singer Clodagh Rodgers (1947-), and by the fictional Sister Clodagh from the film Black Narcissus (1947) based on the novel by Rumer Godden, but it is still primarily Irish. It is also taken as an Irish form of Claudia. The Irish names Cliodhna and Cliodna are variant forms of Clodagh. Another variant of the name is the Irish short form Clo. See also the related form, the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Claudia. Clodagh is uncommon as a baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names. Within the group of girl names directly related to Clodagh, the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Claudia was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Clodagh include the English Claudee, the English and French Claudette, the English Claudi, the English Claudie, the English and French Colette, the English Collett, the English and French Collette, the Scandinavian Kelda, the Czech Klaudie, the English Kolette, the Greek and Italian Calida, the English and French Claude, the Spanish Claudeta, the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Claudia, the Spanish Claudita, the Portuguese Cláudia, the English Cloette, the Italian Coletta, the Arabic Khalida, and the German, Polish, and Slavic Klaudia. A famous person named Clodagh is Clodagh Rodgers, Singer, born 5 March 1947, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.   |
