Claude (given name)
![]() Claude Monet, a founder of French Impressionist painting | |
Pronunciation | /klod/ |
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Gender | usually male |
Origin | |
Word/name | French, via Latin |
Meaning | Latin: "strong willed" |
Region of origin | France |
Other names | |
Related names | Claudius, Claudia, Claudie, Marie-Claude, Claudio, Claudette |
Claude is a French given name originating from the Latin name Claudius. In French, it is used for both males and females. In English, it is mostly used for males; it is an uncommon given name for females or a family name.
Men[edit]
- Claude, Duke of Aumale (1526–1573)
- Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550)
- Claude de la Colombière (1641–1682), Christian saint
- Claude of Besançon (c. 607–696 or 699), Christian saint, priest, monk, abbot and bishop
- "Claude", traditional name in English for Claude Lorrain (c. 1600 – 1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher
- Claude Akins (1926–1994), American actor
- Claude Barrès (1925–1959), French officer
- Claude Beausoleil (1948–2020), Canadian poet and writer
- Claude Boissol (1920–2016), French film director and screenwriter
- Claude Bouton, Lord of Corbaron
- Claude Chappe (1763–1805), French inventor
- 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), Australian rules footballer with St Kilda
- Claude Dallas (born 1950), self-styled "Mountain Man" and convicted murderer of two U.S. game wardens
- Claude Dauphin (1951–2015), French commodities trader
- Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer
- Claude Demetrius (1916–1988), African-American songwriter
- Claude Duval, (1643–1670), French-born gentleman highwayman in post-Restoration Britain
- Claude François (1939–1978), French musician
- Claude Galopin, French automotive engineer
- 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 Janiak (born 1948), Swiss politician
- Claude Julien (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 Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), French chemist
- Claude Lemieux (born 1965), retired ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
- Claude Makélélé (born 1973), French football manager and former player
- Claude McKay (1889–1948), Jamaican writer and poet
- Claude Monet (1840–1926), French painter
- Claude F. Morris (1869–1957), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
- Claude Mutafian (1942), French writer, historian and mathematician
- 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 C. Robinson (1881–1976), Canadian ice hockey and sports executive
- Claude Rouer (1929–2021), French road cyclist
- Claude Sandoz (born 1946), Swiss visual artist
- Claude Shannon (1916–2001), American information theorist, mathematician, and electrical engineer
- Claude Sintes (born 1953), French archaeologist and curator
- Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), French painter
- Claude Viens (born 1949), Canadian handball player
- Claude Weaver (1867–1954), American politician
- Claude Weaver III (1923–1944), American-Canadian World War II flying ace
- Claude Willoughby (1898–1973), American baseball player
Women[edit]
- Claude de Bectoz (1490–1547), writer, intellectual, abbess and correspondent of Francis I of France
- Claude of France (1499–1524), queen consort of King Francis I of France and Duchess of Brittany
- Claude of France (1547–1575), second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici
- Claude B. Levenson (1938–2010), French journalist and writer
- Claude de Vin des Œillets (1637–1687), a mistress of King Louis XIV of France
- Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French surrealist photographer, sculptor and writer
- Claude Chirac (born 1962), daughter of Jacques Chirac
- Claude Gensac (1927–2016), French actress
- Claude Jade (1948–2006), French actress
- Claude or Claudia Moatti (born 1954), French historian specialising in Roman Studies
- Claude Mérelle (1888–1976), French actress
- Claude Nollier (1919–2009), French actress
- Claude Pompidou (1912–2007), widow of President Georges Pompidou
- Claude Scott-Mitchell, Australian actress
Fictional characters[edit]
- Claude (chatbot), a large language model developed by Anthropic AI
- Claude, from the anime series Beyblade G-Revolution
- Claude, from the Bleach franchise
- Claude, eponymous dog from the Claude series of books by Alex T. Smith
- Claude, protagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto III
- Claude, young numbat in the 2007 Australian film Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale
- Claude, from the television series Heroes
- Claude, uncle of Hugo Cabret in the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Claude, French character in the children's television series The Raggy Dolls
- Claude, from the children's animated series Timothy Goes to School
- Claude, a rabbit villager in the video game series Animal Crossing
- Claude of Valois, from the television series Reign
- Claude Hooper Bukowski, protagonist of the musical Hair
- Claude Cat, from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon series from Warner Bros.
- Claude Faustus, demonic butler from the Black Butler franchise
- Claude Fitzwilliam, title character in the 1967 American romantic comedy film Fitzwilly
- Claude Frollo, villain of the Victor Hugo novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and its Disney adaptation
- Claude, a crab and one of the Peggle Masters from Peggle
- Claude von Riegan, one of the three main lords from the video games Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
- Claude Scruggs, a minor character in the Pixar animated film Cars
- Claude Speed, protagonist of the video game Grand Theft Auto 2
- Claude Sterling, villain from the manga adaptation of the "Vampire Kisses" book series
- Claude Wallace, protagonist of the video game Valkyria Chronicles 4
- Claude Wheeler, main character of Willa Cather's One of Ours
- Claude Banks, main character of Life (1999 film) portrayed by Martin Lawrence
See also[edit]
- Claud, a given name
- Claude (disambiguation)
- Claudio
- Claudia