Names

Anglicized form of Clíodhna.

Derived from the Welsh element caled “rough” combined with gwyn “white, fair, blessed”.

Short form of Cléopâtre.

From a surname that was originally derived from various English place names, all meaning “clay settlement” in Old English.

From an English surname that originally referred to a person who lived near or worked with clay. This name can also be a short form of Clayton.

German short form of Nicholas.

From a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin claudus meaning “lame, crippled”. This was the name of a patrician family prominent in Roman politics. The ancestor of the family was said to have been a 6th-century BC Sabine leader named Attius Clausus, who adopted the name Appius Claudius upon becoming a Roman citizen. The family produced several Roman emperors of the 1st century, including the emperor known simply as Claudius. He was poisoned by his wife Agrippina in order to bring her son Nero (Claudius’s stepson) to power. The name was later borne by several early saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Besançon.

Romanian form of Claudius.

Italian and Spanish form of Claudius.

Portuguese form of Claudius.