Given name
Clothilde
“a woman famous in battle”
In French use, Clothilde is a variant of Clotilde. One German interpretation is “a woman famous in battle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Clothilde is a variant of Clotilde. One German interpretation is “a woman famous in battle.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
Its Germanic formation brings together hlod (“famous”) and hild (“battle”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Clothilde through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 241
- 0 boys · 241 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 16 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 girls is 5 in 1946. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 144 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.
Clothilde’s family of names
In French usage, Clothilde has a related form in Clotilde. In French usage, Clothilde has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Clotilde. In French usage, Clothilde has a conventional equivalent in the English form Clotilda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Clothilde has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 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.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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