Claude
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Claude comes from Latin and means “lame,” a version of Claudius. Claude was prominent in the arts, borne by painter Claude Monet and composers Claude Debussy and Claude Monteverdi. Claude Lacombe is the French UFO researcher in Close Encounters of the Third Kind whose idea of talking to aliens through music makes contact possible.
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Usage of Claude in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Claude against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Claude is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Claude in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 40 boys were named Claude, making it the #3036 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 91,337 boys have been named Claude, with the most (1,893) in 1920. It is most common, relative to births, in Georgia and Texas.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| Belgium (Flanders) | #358 boys (all ages) | 1,781 | Statbel (Belgian federal statistical office), 2024 |
| Israel | #521 boys (all ages) | 499 | Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel - from the Population Register, 1949-2024 |
| Switzerland | #818 girls (all ages) | 771 | Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), STATPOP, 2025 |
| Switzerland | #114 boys (all ages) | 7,505 | Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), STATPOP, 2025 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Claude in other languages
- Claudio Italian, Spanish
- Claudie French
- Klaudio Slovenian
Claude name days
- February 15 France
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Claude
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Claude, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Claude | 1966 | South Indian Ocean | – |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Claude
There are 30 towns and villages with Claude in their name, in 9 countries.
🇫🇷 France 14🇨🇦 Canada 5🇺🇸 United States 5🇦🇺 Australia 1🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 1🇭🇹 Haiti 1🇲🇶 Martinique 1🇷🇼 Rwanda 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Saint-Claude | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 🇫🇷 France | 12,418 | Map |
| Saint-Claude | 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | 10,134 | Map |
| Claude | Texas, 🇺🇸 United States | 1,224 | Map |
| St. Claude | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | 600 | Map |
| Claude Road | Tasmania, 🇦🇺 Australia | 255 | Map |
| Claude | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | – | Map |
| Claude | Sud, 🇭🇹 Haiti | – | Map |
| Claude | Arkansas, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Claude | West Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Claude Estate | 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Claude
There are 78 lakes and reservoirs with Claude in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 67🇺🇸 United States 11
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| Claude Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Claude Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Claude Lake | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Claude Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Claude Lake | Alaska, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Claude Reservoir | Oregon, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lac Claude | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Claude | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Claude | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Claude | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Claude songs
9 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Claude in their title. The best known:
- Saint Claude (2014)
- Tombeau de Claude Debussy – Béla Bartók (1920)
- Da Vinci Claude – MC Solaar (2007)
- La Femme de Claude – Albert Cahen
- Afyon - Oppio / Claude – Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (1973)
- Claude Monet
- Claude Vivier Journal – Claude Vivier
- Compositions for tape by Claude Vivier
- Claude Debussy: Images 2nd Series – Claude Debussy (1908)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Claude
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Claude.
Claude A. Buss
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Chabrol
Claude Criquielion
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Fictional characters named Claude
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Claude as a pet name
FurryName has found 47 dogs named Claude in public pet registers, making it the #1,756 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Corangamite Shire (2), Adelaide (1), Prospect (1). Claude as a dog name →
FurryName has found 5 cats named Claude in public pet registers, making it the #1,358 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (3), Golden Plains Shire (1), Toronto (1). Claude as a cat name →
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