Given name
Claudia
“one who is lame”
In Latin use, Claudia carries the interpretation “one who is lame.”
Original LatinClodia
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Claudia carries the interpretation “one who is lame.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Claudia is used as a feminine counterpart of Claud.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Italian use, Claudia is a feminine form of Claudio. The history of Claudio gives this family its wider story. Claudio has a place in Shakespeare’s plays.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Claudia appears in 2 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:17.
- 2 Timothy 1:8
- 2 Timothy 1:17
From biblical name research
Claudia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 129,078
- 760 boys · 128,318 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 3,383 babies
- 2025
- 219
- #1,096 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 219 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,096 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,383 in 1952. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (25). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 189,171 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.
Claudia’s family of names
In Italian usage, Claudia has a diminutive in Dina. In Italian usage, Claudia is a feminine form of Claudio. In German usage, Claudia has a conventional equivalent in the Welsh form Gladys.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Claudia has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Claudia
- Claudia Sheinbaumpresident of Mexico since 2024born 1962
- Claudia CardinaleItalian actress (1938–2025)
- Claudia SchifferGerman modelborn 1970
- Claudia GoldinAmerican economist; Nobel prize winnerborn 1946
- Lady Bird JohnsonFirst Lady of the United States from 1963 to 19691912–2007
- Claudia BlackAustralian actressborn 1972
- Claudia KimSouth Korean actress and model, born 1985
- Claudia LeitteBrazilian singerborn 1980
- Claudia ChristianAmerican actressborn 1965
Characters named Claudia: Claudia (character of The Vampire Chronicles).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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