Names

Feminine form of Claudius.

French feminine variant of Claude.

Feminine form of Claudius. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the 16th century.

Catalan feminine form of Claudius.

Portuguese feminine form of Claudius.

French feminine form of Claudius.

French masculine and feminine form of Claudius. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due to the 7th-century Saint Claude of Besançon. It was imported to Britain in the 16th century by the aristocratic Hamilton family, who had French connections. A famous bearer of this name was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).

Variant of Claude.

Masculine Latin form of Clara. This was the name of several early saints.

From an English surname meaning “cleric” or “scribe”, from Old English clerec originally meaning “priest”. A famous bearer of the surname was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America. It was also borne by the American actor Clark Gable (1901-1960).