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Meaning of the nameClaudete

Claudete is a feminine name, the Portuguese form of the French Claudette, a diminutive of Claude, which comes from the Roman name Claudius.

Meaning

The meaning of Claudete is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
57,273
Rank in Brazil
#517
Median age
52 years
2010 Census
62,115
people

Claudete in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Claudete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (19,640 people).

56,932 women 341 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Claudete is most common

States with the highest share of people named Claudete in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.087%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.080%
  3. Paraná 0.061%
  4. São Paulo 0.036%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.029%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo15,9680.036%
Rio Grande do Sul9,5160.087%
Paraná6,9690.061%
Santa Catarina6,0770.080%
Minas Gerais3,1860.016%
Rio de Janeiro2,8920.018%
Bahia1,5070.011%
Pará1,2560.016%
Pernambuco1,1340.013%
Mato Grosso1,0740.029%
Maranhão1,0220.015%
Goiás7690.011%
Espírito Santo7250.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul7140.026%
Piauí6230.019%
Alagoas5440.017%
Amazonas5350.014%
Ceará5220.006%
Paraíba5030.013%
Rondônia4290.027%
Distrito Federal4210.015%
Rio Grande do Norte2000.006%
Sergipe2000.009%
Tocantins1770.012%
Amapá1570.021%
Roraima990.016%
Acre540.007%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Claudete

Behind the Name lists Claudete as the Portuguese form of Claudette, a French diminutive of Claude, which is the French form of the Roman name Claudius. According to Wiktionary, the traditional reading links Claudius to the Latin claudus, 'lame', but a Sabine origin tied to clausus, 'closed', is considered more likely; Behind the Name also presents the link with claudus only as possible. For that reason the meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 57,273 people named Claudete, with a median age of 52; the peak was among women born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Claudete · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Claudette · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Claude · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Claudius · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Claudius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  6. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Claudete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Claudete

What does the name Claudete mean?

The meaning of Claudete is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Claudete in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 57,273 people with the first name Claudete, which ranks it number 517 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Claudete a boy's or a girl's name?

Claudete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 56,932 women and 341 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Claudete?

Claudete is a name of French and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Claudete most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.087% of the state's population is named Claudete (9,516 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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