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Globally, Claud (Claud , كلود , קלוד ) is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly first name. The given name Claud is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a rare male name, Lebanon, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly girly name, and Tunisia, where it is quite a rare male name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Tanzania, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Likewise, Claud is the last name as well as the forename.
Claud is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Claude Frollo , the fictional character, The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Claude Frollo , the character from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Claude , the protagonist of the 2001 video game Grand Theft Auto III; Claude Speed , the character in Grand Theft Auto 2 and Claude Rains , the fictional character in the television series Heroes, among other works.