Claude is a French unisex name, the French form of Claudius, an Ancient Roman family name which could be related to Latin claudus meaning “lame, limping; cripple) which seems to be derived from a PIE root word, or perhaps from a pre-Greek origin. Claude is also a French surname originating from the given name.
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Male forms:
- Claud (English)
- Klaude (English)
- Klaud (English)
- Claudius (Ancient Roman)
- Claudio (Italian, Spanish)
- Cláudio (Portuguese)
- Klaudio (Croatian)
- Klaudijs (Latvian)
- Klaudiusz (Polish)
- Claudiu (Romanian)
- Claudi (Catalan)
Female forms:
- Claudie (French)
- Klaude (French)
- Claudine (French)
- Claudette (French diminutive of Claudius)
- Claudia (Ancient Roman, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian)
- Klaudia (Polish, Slovak)
- Klavdiya (Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian)
- Klaudija (Croatian)
- Claudette (French, English)
- Claudine (French, English)
- Cláudia (Portuguese)
- Klavdija (Slovene)
- Gladys (Welsh, English)
