Given name & surname
Claudy
“one who is lame”
Claudy is a variant of Claudia. In Latin use, Claudia carries the interpretation “one who is lame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Claudy is a variant of Claudia. In Latin use, Claudia carries the interpretation “one who is lame.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Claudy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 329
- 315 boys · 14 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 17 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 5 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 524 as a first name in 2020; 212 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Claudy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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