Claudia

given name · Latin script

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

Claudia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 63rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Claudia's inclusion in Paul's final greetings testifies to the faithful and supportive community that surrounded him during his last imprisonment, highlighting the important role of women in the early.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 157(inferred from the name graph)
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 168
  • CLChile≈1 in 201

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.

Brazil (measured from records)

336,332 people, 2022

#180 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
544 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 157 (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ClaudiaLatin(measured from records)
קלאודיהHebrew(measured from records)
ΚλαούντιαGreek(measured from records)
კლაუდიაGeorgian(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Claudia's inclusion in Paul's final greetings testifies to the faithful and supportive community that surrounded him during his last imprisonment, highlighting the important role of women in the early church.

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Claudia 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 Claudia is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#63336,3321 in 629359KClaudia235
AR Argentina#54≈290,000 est.≈1 in 15760Claudia164
DE Germany#38≈290,000 est.≈1 in 280—Claudia315
CO Colombia#42≈210,000 est.≈1 in 238371Claudia208
US United States#303189,1711 in 1.8K189KClaudia544
CL Chile#51≈91,000 est.≈1 in 20169Claudia185
SV El Salvador#55≈39,000 est.≈1 in 168—Claudia96
AT Austria#27≈36,000 est.≈1 in 2438.2KClaudia184

336,332 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); the co-datosgov-candidates register; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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)

Claudia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Clàudia, Claúdia, Claudía, Cláudia, Cláudía

  • Russian given name124 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Клавдия, Клавдія, Klavdiia, Klavdiya, Klavdija

  • Romanian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States, Italy, Spain

    Also written Clàudia, Cláudia

  • Indonesian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Peru

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Claudia, Cláudia, Claúdia, Clàudia, Claudia'

  • Lao given name26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written คลอเดีย, คลาวเดีย, Clàudia, Cláudia, คลอเดี๋ย

  • Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Finland, Switzerland, Spain

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Clàudia, Cláudia

86 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Claudia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • The name is the feminine form of the Roman clan name Claudius, derived from the Latin word 'claudus', meaning 'lame' or 'crippled'.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • Claudia is a classic name of ancient Roman origin, associated with nobility and strength. Borne by a Christian woman mentioned in the New Testament, it has a timeless, elegant feel that is both sophisticated and historically rich.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In Irish, Latin, perhaps ‘lame one’; occasionally found in Ireland.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • From the Latin family name Claudius. See {Claudia in main dictionary.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In English, A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Claudius.

    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)

190019201940196019802000Lady Bird Johnson, b. 1912Claudia Cardinale, b. 1938Claudia Goldin, b. 1946Claudia Sheinbaum-Pardo, b. 1962Claudia Christian, b. 1965Claudia Schiffer, b. 1970Claudia Gerini, b. 1971Claudia Black, b. 1972Claudia Karvan, b. 1972Kim Soo-hyun, b. 1985

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 114 sources across 66 countries.

Reference works 4

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Claudia mean, and where does it come from?
Claudia's inclusion in Paul's final greetings testifies to the faithful and supportive community that surrounded him during his last imprisonment, highlighting the important role of women in the early… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
In which country does Claudia have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 336 thousand people named Claudia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled claudia.
Is Claudia a male or female name?
Claudia 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.
How common is the name Claudia?
In Brazil, the national register counted 336,332 people named Claudia in 2022, about 1 in 629 residents.
How common is Claudia compared with other names?
In Brazil, Claudia is the 63rd most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
What are other forms of the name Claudia?
In the etymology graph, Gladys, Claudine and Claudette are forms of the same name in other languages.

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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, “Claudia” — the 63rd most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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