Marie-Claude

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a female given name, combination of Marie and Claude

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

/maʁiklod/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Marie-Claude is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 4.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 8.2K
  • GPGuadeloupe≈1 in 5.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈16,000 people, est.

Sources
242 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.2K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a female given name, combination of Marie and Claude

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Marie-Claude counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Marie-Claude is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#537≈16,000 est.≈1 in 4.2K58KMarie-Claude242
CA Canada#810≈4,600 est.≈1 in 8.2K5Marie-Claude162
BE Belgium—≈490 est.≈1 in 24K—Marie-Claude28
CH Switzerland—≈440 est.≈1 in 19K—Marie-Claude36
DZ Algeria—≈250 est.≈1 in 171K—Marie-Claude3
GP Guadeloupe—≈86 est.≈1 in 5.3K5—5
MQ Martinique—≈32 est.≈1 in 14K5—5
SE Sweden—221 in 464K22—8

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); the ca-statcan-baby-names register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Marie-Claude is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, United States, Australia, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Marieclaude

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, United States, Switzerland, Cuba

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Marieclaude

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Marieclaude

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada

    Also written Marieclaude

  • Swedish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, United States

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Marieclaude

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, b. 1912Marie-Claude Mestral, b. 1942Brigitte Lefèvre, b. 1944Lova Moor, b. 1946Marie-Claude Treilhou, b. 1948Brigitte Macron, b. 1953Marie-Claude Char, b. 1953Marie-Claude Pietragalla, b. 1963Marie-Claude Bibeau, b. 1970Marie-Claude Bourbonnais, b. 1979

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Marie-Claude,Hi Marie-Claude, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Marie-Claude
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)200058K#2,083
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1991157—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1992123—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)1993105—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199477—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199556—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199749—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)199644—
MQ MartiniqueINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)196740#23
MQ MartiniqueINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)196540#27
MQ MartiniqueINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)196440#23
GP GuadeloupeINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)196340#19

Reference works 2

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

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Marie-Claude mean, and where does it come from?
a female given name, combination of Marie and Claude Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Marie-Claude?
In the etymology graph, Claude is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Marie-Claude?
A machine transcription gives /maʁiklod/ (IPA) for French.
Is Marie-Claude a male or female name?
Marie-Claude is a female 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.
In which country does Marie-Claude have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Marie-Claude in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marie-claude.
How common is the name Marie-Claude?
In Sweden, the national register counted 22 people named Marie-Claude, about 1 in 464 thousand residents.
How common is Marie-Claude compared with other names?
In France, Marie-Claude is the 537th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marie-Claude” — the 537th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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