Claude (given name)
Claude is a relatively common French given name for males originating from the Latin name Claudius, itself deriving from 'claudicatio' meaning "limping" or "stuttering".[1] It can also be an uncommon given name for females or a family name.
 Claude Monet, a founder of French Impressionist painting | |
| Pronunciation | /klod/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | usually male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French, via Latin |
| Meaning | Latin: "limping" |
| Region of origin | France |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Claudius, Claudia, Marie-Claude, Claudio, Claudette |
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Given name
Men
- "Claude", traditional name in English for Claude Lorrain (1600s–1682), French artist
- Claude Akins (1926–1994), American actor
- Claude Barrès (1925–1959), French officer
- Claude Beausoleil (1948–2020), Canadian poet and writer
- Claude Bouton, Lord of Corbaron
- Claude Choules (1901–2011), British WWI veteran and last combat veteran from any nation
- Claude Corea (1894-1962), Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations from 1958-1961
- Claude Crowl (1892–1915), a former Australian rules footballer with St Kilda
- Claude Dallas (born 1950), self-styled "Mountain Man" and convicted murderer of two U.S. game wardens
- Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772), French composer
- Claude Dauphin (1951–2015), French commodities trader
- Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer
- Claude Demetrius (1916–1988), African-American songwriter
- Claude Duval, (1643 – 21 January 1670), French-born gentleman highwayman in post-Restoration Britain.
- Claude François (1939–1978), French musician
- Claude Galopin, French automotive engineer
- Claude Gellée (1600s–1682, real name of Claude Lorrain), French artist, traditionally just "Claude" in English
- Claude Gillingwater (1870–1939), American actor
- Claude Giroux (born 1988), French Canadian professional ice hockey player and captain of the Philadelphia Flyers
- Claude Hipps (1927–2017), American football player
- Claude Hulbert (1900–1964), British comic actor
- Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), French painter
- Claude Julien (disambiguation) (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey coach in the National Hockey League
- Claude Kelly, American singer and song writer
- Claude A. Larkin (1891–1969, American Marine general
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French anthropologist
- Claude Lorrain (1600s–1682), French artist, traditionally just "Claude" in English
- Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), French chemist
- Claude Lemieux (born 1965), retired ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
- Claude Makélélé (born 1973), Professional footballer
- Claude Monet (1840–1926), French painter
- Claude Mutafian (1942), French writer, historian and mathematician of Armenian descent
- Claude Netter (1924–2007), French Olympic champion foil fencer
- Claude Nicollier (born 1944), first Swiss astronaut
- Claude Patrick (born 1980), Canadian mixed martial arts fighter
- Claude Piron (1931–2008), linguist and psychologist
- Claude Rains (1889–1967), British-born American actor
- Claude Ramsey (1943–2018), American farmer and politician
- Claude Rapin (born 19??), archaeologist specialising in Central Asian studies
- Claude Rouer (born 1929), French road cyclist
- Claudin de Sermisy (1490s–1562), French Renaissance composer
- Claude Shannon (1916–2001), American information theorist, mathematician, and electrical engineer
- Claude Weaver (1867–1954), American politician
- Claude Weaver III (1923–1944), American-Canadian World War II flying ace
- St. Claude de la Colombière (1641–1682), Christian saint
- St. Claude of Besançon (607–699), Christian saint
Fictional
- Claude Cat, character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series from Warner Bros
- Claude of Valois, character played by Rose Williams in the show Reign
- Claude (Grand Theft Auto), Grand Theft Auto character
- Claude, character and member of the Barthez Battalion in the anime series Beyblade G-Revolution
- Claude, character in the Bleach franchise
- Claude Frollo, villain in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
- Claude Hooper Bukowski, protagonist in Hair
- Claude (Heroes), character played by Christopher Eccleston in the show Heroes
- Claude Baudez], Granado Espada character
- Claude, character from the children's animated series Timothy Goes to School
- Claude, French-speaking character in children's TV show The Raggy Dolls
- Claude Sterling, the villain from the manga adaptation of the "Vampire Kisses" book series
- Claude Faustus, demonic butler from Black Butler
- Uncle Claude, the uncle of Hugo Cabret in the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Claude Wheeler, main character of Willa Cather's One of Ours
- Claude, a dog, the eponymous character of Claude series of books by Alex T. Smith
- Claude von Riegan, one of the three main lords from the Intelligent Systems video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses on the Nintendo Switch.
- Cloud Strife, character in Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
Women
- Claude de Bectoz (1490–1547), writer, intellectual, abbess and correspondent of Francis I of France
- Claude of France (1499–1524), wife of and queen consort of King Francis I of France
- Claude of Valois (1547–1575), second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici
- Claude Chirac (born 1962), daughter of Jacques Chirac
- Claude Gensac (1927–2016), French actress
- Claude Jade (1948–2006), French actress
- Claude Moatti (born 1954), French historian specialised in Roman Studies
- Claude Mérelle (1888–1976), French actress
- Claude Nollier (1919–2009), French actress
- Claude Pompidou (1912–2007), widow of President Georges Pompidou
Other
- Claude Cahun (1894–1954), gender neutral French photographer, sculptor and writer
References
- Latin and Roman Culture in Joyce, R. J. Schork, University Press of Florida, 1997, pg 70
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