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All over the world, Claudiu (Claudiu , Клавдий , Клавдій ) is a common male forename. The first name Claudiu is characteristic of Romania, where it is a common male name, Moldova, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Cyprus. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Romania, Italy, and Afghanistan. Very seldom, Claudiu is the last name as well as the forename.
Claudiu is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: King Claudius , the character in Shakespeare's Hamlet; Claude Frollo , the fictional character, The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Claudius Templesmith , the fictional character, The Hunger Games; Claudius , the operatic character in the opera Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas; king of Denmark, brother of the late king Hamlet and Claudius , the operatic character in the opera Hamlet (Dean), and in many other works.