Given name
Claudell
“one who is lame”
Claudell is a variant of Claude. One English interpretation is “one who is lame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Claudell is a variant of Claude. One English interpretation is “one who is lame.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Claudell is a variant of Claude. An origin associated with Claude is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Claudell is a variant of Claude. The history of Claude gives this family its wider story. Claude’s historical associations include various early saints.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Claudell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 878
- 576 boys · 302 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1940. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 468 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Claudell’s family of names
Claudell has a related form in Claude.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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