First name origins & meanings:
- French: Lame; feminine variation of Claude
- Latin: Lame
- Welsh: Heard from afar
First name variations: Claudia, Claudie, Cleta, Claudella, Claudelle, Claudetta, Claudey, Claudina, Claudine, Claudy, Clodia, Klaudia, Klodia, Claudette, Claud, Claudie, Claudio, Cloyd, Colt, Claudius, Claudell, Claudio, Claudius, Claudan, Claidianus, Claudido, Claudien, Claudino, Claudon, Clodito, Clodo, Clodomiro, Klaudio, Claude, Clydell, Cloyd
Last name origin & meaning:
Scottish and northern Irish: apparently a topographic name for
someone who lived on the banks of the Clyde river (Gaelic
Cluaidh, probably of pre-Celtic origin), which flows through
Glasgow.
This name appears in the following lists:
Lakes and Rivers,
Literary Characters,
Cities