Claudia
given name · Latin script
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
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 66 countries · latest register: RENAP, 2024
/ˈklaudja/(recorded in a dictionary) Spanish · from Wiktionary
Claudia is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country, where it is the 47th most common given name.
- ATAustria≈1 in 140(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 150
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 160
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Claudia itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- #180 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 544 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 143 (inferred from the name graph)
≈650,000 people, est.
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Klaudia in GT Guatemala.
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.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Claudia, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | #47 | ≈650,000 est. | ≈1 in 203 | 3K | Claudia | 266 |
| DE Germany | #38 | ≈460,000 est. | ≈1 in 183 | — | Claudia | 315 |
| BR Brazil | #63 | 336,332 | 1 in 629 | 359K | Claudia | 235 |
| AR Argentina | #54 | ≈300,000 est. | ≈1 in 150 | 60 | Claudia | 164 |
| CO Colombia | #42 | ≈300,000 est. | ≈1 in 174 | 371 | Claudia | 208 |
| CL Chile | #51 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 168 | 69 | Claudia | 185 |
| GT Guatemala | — | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 172 | 142K | Klaudia | 107 |
| AT Austria | #27 | ≈64,000 est. | ≈1 in 143 | 8.2K | Claudia | 184 |
| SV El Salvador | #55 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 156 | — | Claudia | 96 |
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: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); the co-datosgov-candidates register; RENAP — annual births; 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 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)- Lady Bird Johnsonb. 1912USnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969
- Claudia Cardinaleb. 1938FRItalian actress (1938–2025)
- Claudia Goldinb. 1946USAmerican economist; Nobel prize winner
- Claudia Sheinbaum-Pardob. 1962MXpresident of Mexico since 2024
- Claudia Christianb. 1965USAmerican actress
- Claudia Schifferb. 1970DEGerman model
- Claudia Gerinib. 1971ITItalian actress
- Claudia Blackb. 1972AUAustralian actress
- Claudia Karvanb. 1972AUAustralian actress
- Kim Soo-hyunb. 1985KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress and model, born 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).
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)114 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 66 countries.
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.
- How do you pronounce Claudia?
- It depends on the language: in Spanish /ˈklaudja/ (Wiktionary); in English /ˈklaʊ.di.ə/ (Wiktionary); in Portuguese /klawðiɐ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Claudia have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 645 thousand people named Claudia in Mexico, 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. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Brazil (IBGE, 2022), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Guatemala (RENAP, 2024) and Spain (INE), among others.
- 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 Mexico, Claudia is the 47th most common given name of 193,485 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.
What do you want to know about Claudia?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/claudiaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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 47th most common given name in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.