CLAUDE male & female French, English 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). | ||||||||||||||||||||
CLAUDIUS male Ancient Roman From a Roman family name which 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. |
EQUIVALENTS |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Claudia |
BIBLICAL: Claudia |
BULGARIAN: Klavdiya |
CROATIAN: Klaudija |
CZECH: Klaudie |
DUTCH: Claudia |
ENGLISH: Claudia, Gladys |
FRENCH: Claude |
GERMAN: Claudia |
ITALIAN: Claudia |
POLISH: Klaudia |
PORTUGUESE: Cláudia |
ROMANIAN: Claudia |
RUSSIAN: Klavdiya |
SLOVAK: Klaudia |
SLOVENE: Klavdija |
SPANISH: Claudia |
UKRAINIAN: Klavdiya |
WELSH: Gladys |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
FRENCH: Claudette, Claudine |
RUSSIAN: Klava |
MASCULINE FORMS |
ANCIENT ROMAN: Claudius |
CROATIAN: Klaudio |
ENGLISH: Claud, Claude |
FRENCH: Claude |
ITALIAN: Claudio |
LATVIAN: Klaudijs |
POLISH: Klaudiusz |
PORTUGUESE: Cláudio |
ROMANIAN: Claudiu |
SPANISH: Claudio |