Given name & surname
Claudio
“one who is lame”
Claudio is a variant of Claude. One English interpretation is “one who is lame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Claudio is a variant of Claude. One English interpretation is “one who is lame.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Claudio is a variant of Claude. An origin associated with Claude is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Claudio developed from the Latin form Claudius.
The story
The name has a place in Shakespeare’s plays.
Claudio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,502
- 5,475 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 116 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #3,677 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,677 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 116 in 1996. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,063 as a first name in 2020; 6,832 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Claudio’s family of names
In Italian usage, Claudio has a feminine form in Claudia. Claudio has a related form in Claude. Claudio is a form of Claude.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Claudio has relatives in 9 languages.
9 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Claudiafeminine form · Italian
- NikolausGerman
- Claudiusroot · German, Latin
- ClaudEnglish
- Klaudioequivalent
- Claudiequivalent
- ΚλαύδιοςGreek
- KlaudiuszPolish
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People named Claudio
- Claudio MonteverdiItalian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
- Claudio AbbadoItalian conductor (1933–2014)
- Claudio RanieriItalian footballer and managerborn 1951
- Claudio BravoChilean association football playerborn 1983
- Claudio MarchisioItalian association football playerborn 1986
- Claudio PizarroPeruvian footballerborn 1978
- Claudio CaniggiaArgentine association football playerborn 1967
- Cesare PrandelliItalian association football player and managerborn 1957
- Claudio GentileItalian footballer and manager (born 1953)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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