Claudius Forename

30,551st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 26,591 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Sierra Leone
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Claudius Forename Definition:

Latin (masculine) - Lame.

Claudius Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sierra Leone-9,2901:763179
Germany
100%
2,6051:37,1121,257
Jamaica-2,3881:1,207305
Zimbabwe
99%
 
2,2711:6,792995
Nigeria
100%
1,3181:134,7236,792
United States
100%
1,2941:280,1688,954
France
100%
1,2041:55,2081,595
Tanzania
100%
7761:68,0264,454
Haiti
100%
6941:15,4571,413
South Africa
97%
 
3901:139,82710,089
Brazil
100%
3431:624,59519,015
Ghana-3371:80,0783,677
Saudi Arabia-2911:105,88510,050
Malaysia
99%
 
2761:110,3267,544
Saint Lucia
99%
 
2621:67992
England
100%
2581:215,5156,197
Switzerland
100%
2551:32,2101,765
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2421:5,626957
Uganda
91%
 
1801:227,5387,417
Austria
100%
1471:57,9201,625
Romania
100%
1351:148,5335,739
India
100%
1341:9,066,254282,109
Indonesia
100%
1331:1,939,576100,489
Liberia
100%
1231:35,8702,091
Zambia-1021:155,4396,071
Kenya
 
13%
891:520,30514,281
Bahamas-821:4,870778
Canada
100%
761:435,96512,081
Netherlands
100%
761:222,3967,994
Guyana
100%
731:10,4561,567
Grenada
100%
701:1,545326
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
461:2,426462
Namibia-401:60,1043,480
United States Virgin Islands-401:2,744522
Cameroon
100%
361:600,29218,392
United Arab Emirates-361:198,66612,927
Lebanon
 
95%
321:175,8624,084
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Solomon Islands
100%
271:21,5171,702
Rwanda
100%
251:454,8571,393
Philippines
100%
231:4,609,10881,684
Dominican Republic-191:549,01414,985
New Zealand-181:252,0027,674
Denmark-171:332,3236,094
Thailand
100%
171:4,121,51884,061
Antigua and Barbuda-151:6,6261,171
Italy
100%
131:4,697,08422,664
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
131:4,220766
Anguilla
100%
111:1,205212
British Virgin Islands-111:2,841595
Benin
100%
101:1,057,58426,153
Norway
100%
101:513,2339,206
Sweden
100%
101:985,79119,730
Turks and Caicos Islands-101:3,471928
Malawi-91:1,901,3689,999
Papua New Guinea
100%
91:905,81363,479
Poland
100%
91:4,225,2354,388
Scotland
100%
91:594,4857,010
Slovakia
100%
81:663,7582,742
Belgium
100%
71:1,641,43416,483
Barbados-61:48,2982,144
Ivory Coast
100%
61:3,845,98964,391
Belize
100%
51:70,8624,575
Hong Kong-51:1,550,5457,446
Mauritius-51:259,5574,811
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
China-41:341,513,94678,144
Gambia-41:481,649818
Guatemala
100%
41:4,027,1077,742
Honduras-41:2,204,36717,261
Israel
57%
 
41:2,100,73020,870
Madagascar-41:5,907,3524,093
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Singapore-41:1,571,76418,508
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Czechia
100%
31:3,552,0546,491
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Vietnam-31:30,874,3715,995
Argentina-21:21,386,62229,627
Brunei-21:209,7852,478
Cambodia-21:8,136,66551,498
Dominica-21:37,736863
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239

The alternate forms: Claudiüs (1) are calculated separately.

Claudius (1,589) may also be a surname.

Claudius Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Latin (masculine) - Lame.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Klaw'-de-us. 1. A Roman emperor: he succeeded Caius Caligula, A. D. 41. In the ninth year of his reign he published an edict, expelling all Jews from Rome. Acts xviii. 2. 2. Claudius Felix, successor of Cumanus, in the government of Judea. Acts xxiii. 26. 3. Claudius Lysias, a tribune of the Roman troops, which kept guard at the temple at Jerusalem. Acts xxiii. 26.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: whining (?): perhaps derivative of Clauda.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

A Latin name, meaning: Lame.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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