Clodagh

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

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

Clodagh is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Clódagh

32 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)

Clodagh is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Irish: of recent origin. It is the name of a river in Tipperary, and seems to have been arbitrarily transferred to use as a given name. There may be some association in the minds of givers with the Latin name Cldédia (borne by the mistress of the Roman poet Catullus), a variant of }Claudia.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• The name of a Tipperary river. One of the Marquesses of Waterford seems to have first used this as a first name for his daughter. It is still used in Ireland, and it may have spread overseas because of the popularity of the Irish singer, Clodagh Rogers.

  as a name·Irish first names

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)

• Clodagh Rodgersb. 1947GBBritish singer (1947–2025)
• Clodagh Simondsb. 1953IEIrish singer
• Clodagh McKennab. 1975IEIrish chef, restaurateur, writes cookbooks
• Clodagh M Ryanb. 2000CAresearcher
• Clodagh O'SheaProfessor of molecular and cell biology
• Clodagh M Murphyresearcher
• Clodagh M Toomeyresearcher

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)

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Clodagh?

A machine transcription gives /klədɒː/ (IPA) for English.

What does the name Clodagh mean, and where does it come from?

From the River Clodagh in Tipperary; used as a first name in Ireland. Recorded by Irish first names.

In which country does Clodagh have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Clodagh in Ireland, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled clodagh.

How common is the name Clodagh?

In the United States, the national register counted 241 people named Clodagh in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.

How common is Clodagh compared with other names?

In Ireland, Clodagh is the 264th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.

Is Clodagh a male or female name?

Clodagh 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.