Claude (given name)
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Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer | |
| 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 |
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. The name may refer to the following:
Given name
Men
- "Claude", traditional name in English for Claude Lorrain (1600s–1682), French artist
- Claude Mutafian (1942), French writer, historian and mathematician of Armenian descent
- Claude Akins (1926–1994), American actor
- Claude Barrès (1925–1959), French officer
- Claude Choules (1901–2011) British WWI veteran and last combat veteran from any nation
- Claude Crowl, a former Australian rules footballer with St Kilda, died at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915
- 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 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
- Claude Hipps (born 1927), 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 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 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 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
- 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 Valois, character played by Rose Williams in the show "Reign"
- Claude (Grand Theft Auto), Grand Theft Auto character
- Claude, character in the Beyblade anime
- Claude, character in the Bleach franchise
- Claude Frollo, villain in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
- Claude Hooper Bukowski, protagonist in Hair
- Claude C. Kenni, main protagonist of Star Ocean: The Second Story
- Claude (Heroes), character played by Christopher Eccleston in the show Heroes
- Claude Baudez (Granado Espada), Granado Espada character
- Claude, French-speaking character in children's TV show The Raggy Dolls
- Claude Sterling, the villain from the manga adaptation of "Vampire Kisses"
- Claude Faustus,demonic butler from Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
- Uncle Claude, the uncle of Hugo Cabret in the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Women
- Claude de Bectoz, 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 (born 1927), French actress
- Claude Jade (1948–2006), French actress
- Claude Mérelle (1888-1976), French actress
- Claude Nollier (1919–2009), French actress
- Claude Pompidou (1912–2007), widow of President Georges Pompidou
See also
References
- ↑ Latin and Roman Culture in Joyce, R. J. Schork, University Press of Florida, 1997, pg 70
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