Meanings
- A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Claudius.
Make ſpede to come befoꝛe winter. Eubolus gretith the / and Pudes / and Linus / and Claudia / and all the bꝛethꝛen.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 Timothy iiij:[21], folio cclxxxij, verso2 more examples
Claudia is really Mummy, but she does not like being Mummy so you have to say Claudia. […] Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang – whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.
1987, Penelope Lively, chapter 4, in Moon Tiger, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1988, →ISBN, page 45Mexico’s presidential campaign is well underway and if the polls are to be believed, Claudia Sheinbaum, a physicist and candidate of the left-leaning ruling Morena party, could be the country’s next president.
2024 March 17, Ilan Stavans, “Will Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish Woman, Blaze a Trail or Follow One?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2024
Origin
- LatinClaudia
- EnglishClaudia
In use from the 16th century. Borrowed from Latin Claudia.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Κλαυδία
- Κλαυδία (Klaudía)female given name
Catalan Clàudia
- Clàudiafemale given name
Chinese Mandarin 克勞迪婭 /克劳迪娅
- 克勞迪婭 /克劳迪娅 (Kèláodíyà)female given name
Czech Klaudie
- Klaudiefemale given name
French Claudie
- Claudiefemale given name
German Claudia
- Claudiafemale given name
Italian Claudia
- Claudiafemale given name
Latvian Klaudija
- Klaudijafemale given name
Polish Klaudia
- Klaudiafemale given name
Portuguese Cláudia
- Cláudiafemale given name
Russian Кла́вдия
- Кла́вдия (Klávdija)female given name
Spanish Claudia
- Claudiafemale given name
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Cite this entry
Claudia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Claudia
“Claudia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Claudia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Claudia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Claudia.
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