Claude Forename
404th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,691,523 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Claude Forename Definition:
From the Roman name Claudius (Κλαυδιος), another form of Clodius, Latinised from Clodio; from the Old German laut, celebrated, distinguished, illustrious; in the Francic, luto, kluto, cloto, chloto.
Claude Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 61% | 1,015,463 | 1:65 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 109,713 | 1:673 | 133 |
| Canada | 100% | 92,934 | 1:357 | 44 |
| United States | 100% | 79,861 | 1:4,540 | 667 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 70,580 | 1:161 | 13 |
| Burundi | 100% | 59,378 | 1:167 | 16 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 39,299 | 1:601 | 114 |
| Congo | 51% | 28,837 | 1:174 | 16 |
| Belgium | 100% | 27,665 | 1:415 | 83 |
| Haiti | 100% | 22,397 | 1:479 | 62 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 20,409 | 1:1,059 | 211 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 19,173 | 1:428 | 87 |
| Gabon | 100% | 10,664 | 1:177 | 8 |
| Togo | - | 9,972 | 1:726 | 83 |
| Benin | 100% | 9,941 | 1:1,064 | 241 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 8,900 | 1:10,962 | 1,596 |
| Lebanon | 65% | 5,508 | 1:1,022 | 216 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5,447 | 1:104 | 10 |
| South Africa | 99% | 5,339 | 1:10,214 | 1,732 |
| Ivory Coast | 85% | 5,082 | 1:4,541 | 522 |
| Morocco | 100% | 3,112 | 1:11,037 | 854 |
| England | 99% | 2,966 | 1:18,747 | 1,217 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,809 | 1:9,607 | 958 |
| Burkina Faso | 94% | 2,084 | 1:8,819 | 968 |
| Mali | 50% | 2,043 | 1:8,310 | 724 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| Angola | - | 1,889 | 1:14,276 | 1,436 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,855 | 1:1,554 | 375 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,778 | 1:730 | 82 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,551 | 1:6,726 | 901 |
| Guinea | 100% | 1,456 | 1:8,145 | 639 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,311 | 1:73,744 | 1,766 |
| Brazil | 77% | 1,191 | 1:179,879 | 8,329 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1,059 | 1:262 | 31 |
| Australia | - | 967 | 1:14,124 | 1,143 |
| Israel | 84% | 912 | 1:9,214 | 1,211 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 898 | 1:301 | 59 |
| Egypt | 50% | 802 | 1:114,590 | 5,053 |
| Senegal | 94% | 636 | 1:22,927 | 1,284 |
| Comoros | - | 627 | 1:1,214 | 222 |
| Chad | 100% | 618 | 1:22,004 | 2,892 |
| Thailand | 93% | 603 | 1:116,195 | 9,286 |
| Philippines | 85% | 565 | 1:187,627 | 8,546 |
| Guyana | 100% | 509 | 1:1,500 | 275 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 468 | 1:112,796 | 5,991 |
| Malta | - | 426 | 1:1,008 | 221 |
| Poland | 100% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 404 | 1:3,370 | 630 |
| Zambia | - | 402 | 1:39,440 | 2,689 |
| Fiji | - | 374 | 1:2,386 | 670 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 368 | 1:41,913 | 3,832 |
| New Zealand | - | 343 | 1:13,225 | 1,243 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 316 | 1:53,488 | 3,567 |
| Italy | 82% | 311 | 1:196,341 | 2,829 |
| Uganda | 99% | 307 | 1:133,410 | 5,438 |
| Portugal | - | 258 | 1:40,352 | 1,504 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 208 | 1:853,675 | 22,491 |
| Spain | 75% | 208 | 1:223,702 | 4,317 |
| India | 100% | 199 | 1:6,104,914 | 217,910 |
| Kenya | - | 198 | 1:233,874 | 8,945 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 184 | 1:74 | 25 |
| Algeria | - | 168 | 1:227,242 | 3,359 |
| Syria | - | 160 | 1:120,663 | 2,029 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 153 | 1:62 | 7 |
| Sweden | 84% | 152 | 1:64,855 | 3,144 |
| Ireland | 100% | 137 | 1:33,894 | 1,317 |
| Chile | 78% | 135 | 1:130,424 | 2,940 |
| Mexico | 71% | 134 | 1:926,451 | 7,816 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 132 | 1:48 | 1 |
| China | - | 131 | 1:10,427,907 | 59,676 |
| Monaco | 100% | 128 | 1:301 | 34 |
| Greece | 100% | 112 | 1:97,630 | 2,653 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 110 | 1:842 | 205 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 110 | 1:274,563 | 8,981 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Scotland | 100% | 104 | 1:51,446 | 1,596 |
| Bahamas | - | 97 | 1:4,117 | 710 |
| Japan | - | 94 | 1:1,361,554 | 16,969 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 93 | 1:1,912 | 353 |
| Wales | 100% | 90 | 1:34,381 | 1,452 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 85 | 1:1,169 | 240 |
| Denmark | - | 85 | 1:66,465 | 2,271 |
| Belize | 100% | 79 | 1:4,485 | 927 |
| Austria | 100% | 73 | 1:116,633 | 2,276 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 73 | 1:97,973 | 7,849 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 73 | 1:1,503 | 306 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Norway | 100% | 66 | 1:77,763 | 2,775 |
| Iraq | 100% | 63 | 1:555,839 | 5,912 |
| Panama | 100% | 58 | 1:67,354 | 3,936 |
| Peru | 56% | 58 | 1:548,129 | 9,428 |
| Malaysia | 84% | 57 | 1:534,209 | 22,888 |
| Andorra | - | 54 | 1:1,535 | 206 |
| Namibia | - | 52 | 1:46,234 | 2,966 |
| Grenada | 100% | 50 | 1:2,162 | 455 |
| Qatar | 99% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Ecuador | - | 46 | 1:385,368 | 4,728 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 44 | 1:185,280 | 15,927 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 97% | 44 | 1:2,536 | 490 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 43 | 1:15,742 | 1,296 |
| Botswana | - | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Argentina | 73% | 38 | 1:1,125,612 | 5,540 |
| Niger | 100% | 37 | 1:518,486 | 10,345 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Paraguay | 83% | 36 | 1:201,022 | 3,267 |
| Colombia | 100% | 35 | 1:1,365,112 | 13,587 |
| Hong Kong | - | 34 | 1:228,021 | 3,365 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 34 | 1:1,614 | 377 |
| Singapore | - | 34 | 1:184,913 | 8,359 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,085 | 255 |
| Palestine | 100% | 31 | 1:146,776 | 2,141 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:1,116 | 260 |
| Liberia | 100% | 27 | 1:163,410 | 6,165 |
| South Korea | - | 26 | 1:213,247 | 7,913 |
| Indonesia | - | 25 | 1:10,318,547 | 325,633 |
| Jersey | - | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 23 | 1:4,027,092 | 3,486 |
| Bermuda | - | 21 | 1:3,087 | 575 |
| Finland | 67% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,038,970 | 18,017 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Russia | 100% | 16 | 1:9,014,606 | 35,676 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Jordan | 72% | 15 | 1:588,452 | 4,159 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 15 | 1:38,730 | 2,561 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 15 | 1:228,509 | 3,962 |
| Cape Verde | - | 14 | 1:37,796 | 2,029 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 12 | 1:5,108 | 894 |
| Czechia | 100% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 10 | 1:1,326 | 247 |
| Costa Rica | 78% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Guatemala | - | 10 | 1:1,610,843 | 5,373 |
| Marshall Islands | 88% | 10 | 1:5,123 | 786 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7 | 1:263,307 | 1,965 |
| Honduras | 100% | 7 | 1:1,259,638 | 12,726 |
| Mauritania | - | 7 | 1:585,034 | 11,039 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| El Salvador | - | 6 | 1:1,056,964 | 6,645 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Nicaragua | 75% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Hungary | 60% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 3 | 1:63,999 | 3,481 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Claudé (4), Claudê (1) & Claûde (1) are calculated separately.
Claude (103,204) may also be a surname.
Claude Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the Roman name Claudius (Κλαυδιος), another form of Clodius, Latinised from Clodio; from the Old German laut, celebrated, distinguished, illustrious; in the Francic, luto, kluto, cloto, chloto.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (masculine) - Lame.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Latin (feminine) - Lame.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Claude Forename Popularity
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