Chlothar

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Chlothar is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Chlothārius, from Frankish *Hlodhari, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *harjaz (“commander, warrior”).

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  • DEGermany

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Chlothar: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Chlothar
  1. Medieval LatinChlothārius(measured from records)
  2. Frankish*Hlodhari(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Germanic*hlūdaz“loud“loud, famous”(measured from records)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Chlothārius, from Frankish *Hlodhari, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *harjaz (“commander, warrior”). Cognate with Old English Hloþhere, German Lothar.

Sources 1

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Chlothar is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A male given name from Frankish, of historical usage, notably borne by various Frankish kings.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Clothar I, b. 498Chlothar II, b. 584Chlothar III, b. 650Friedrich von Baudissin, b. 1852

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Chlothar mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Chlothārius, from Frankish *Hlodhari, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *harjaz (“commander, warrior”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
Is Chlothar a male or female name?
Chlothar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Chlothar?
In the etymology graph, Lothar, Lotario and Lothaire are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Chlothar have the most bearers?
Chlothar is most frequently recorded in Germany.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chlothar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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