Claude

A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning lame, limping; from Claudius.

Babies a year
12
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2014
12 babies

Claude by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Claude. In the US, 40 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 1,893 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Claude. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Claudlame; a form of Claude or Claudius
  • Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
  • Clarkeclerk, scholar; occupational name134 in the US (2017)
  • Claudiolame; from Claudius50 in the US (2017)
  • Cloudcloud, mass of condensed water31 in the US (2017)
  • Claydenvalley of clay; place name6 in the US (2017)

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