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What does Claude mean?
Claude 
▼ as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Claude) is pronounced klawd. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Claude is "lame". Roman clan name. Claudius was the Roman emperor who succeeded Caligula. Saint Claudius (third century) was a Roman tribune who converted to Christianity. Popular in France (where it is sometimes used as a girl's name) due to the fame of seventh-century Saint Claude of Besançon. Claud is the anglicized form. Painter Claude Monet; composer Claude Debussy; Congressman Claude Pepper; actor Claude Rains.
STARTS WITH Cla-
ASSOCIATED WITH roman, clan (surname), emperor (king), saint
Variations
VARIANTS Claud▼, Claudan, Claudell, Claidianus, Claudicio, Claudien, Claudino, Claudio, Claudius, Claudon, Clodito, Clodo, Clodomiro, Klaudio
FEMININE FORMS Claudette, Claudia, Claudine
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Claude Nikolas (C.N.), ..
How popular is Claude?
Claude is a very prominent first name for men (#230 out of 1220, Top 19%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#15125 out of 150436, Top 10%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Claude entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its highest rank of #52 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Claude ranked in the Top 2000 are Claud, Claudio and Claudius. These forms of Claude reached the apex of their popularity in the 1880s (AVERAGE #1052), but now, forms like Claude have gone out of style.
Similar Names
Claude▼ is alike in pronunciation to Cloyd and Clyde▼. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Barde, Blade, Cabe, Cable, Cade, Cadel, Caden, Caide, Cairde, Calder, Cale▼, Camden▲, Canute, Card, Carden, Case▲, Caulder, Cayce, Cayle, Chace▼, Chad▼, Chadd, Chance, Chand, Chane, Channe, Chanze, Chase, Chaunce, Chayce, Chayne, Chayse, Claas, Claes, Clair▼, Claire, Clancey, Clancy, Claney, Claran, Clare▼, Clarke, Claro, Claron, Clarrie, Clarry, Claus, Clause, Clay, Clayre, Cleander, Cleante, Cleeve, Clete, Cleve▼, Cliffe, Clive, Cluny, Clyve, Craine, Crane, Dade, Dwade, Glade, Jade, Jayde, Kade▲, Meade, Slade, Slaide, Slayde, Wade and Wayde. These names tend to be less frequently used than Claude.
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