Meaning of the nameCláudia

Cláudia is a feminine name of Latin origin, a feminine form of Claudius, the name of a Roman family whose origin is debated.

Meaning

The meaning of Cláudia 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): 336,332
Rank in Brazil: #81
Median age: 47 years
2010 Census: 359,494; people

Cláudia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cláudia, 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 (141,948 people).

334,771 women 1,561 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 Cláudia is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	85,504	0.193%
Rio de Janeiro	49,635	0.309%
Minas Gerais	40,922	0.199%
Rio Grande do Sul	25,907	0.238%
Bahia	19,624	0.139%
Paraná	16,103	0.141%
Pernambuco	12,129	0.134%
Santa Catarina	11,863	0.156%
Goiás	9,672	0.137%
Ceará	7,837	0.089%
Pará	7,611	0.094%
Espírito Santo	5,983	0.156%
Maranhão	5,581	0.082%
Distrito Federal	5,569	0.198%
Mato Grosso	4,074	0.111%
Paraíba	3,860	0.097%
Mato Grosso do Sul	3,855	0.140%
Amazonas	3,759	0.095%
Alagoas	3,654	0.117%
Rio Grande do Norte	3,321	0.101%
Sergipe	2,772	0.125%
Piauí	2,598	0.079%
Rondônia	1,597	0.101%
Tocantins	1,180	0.078%
Amapá	649	0.088%
Acre	561	0.068%
Roraima	512	0.080%

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

About the name Cláudia

Cláudia comes from Latin Claudia, the feminine of Claudius, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. Claudius was the name of a Roman family; Wiktionary mentions the traditional explanation through claudus ('lame'), but considers a Sabine origin, related to clausus ('closed'), more likely. Behind the Name gives claudus only as 'possibly' and notes that Claudia appears briefly in the New Testament. Because the origin of the base name is uncertain, the meaning of Cláudia is also uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 336,332 people named Cláudia, with a peak among those born in the 1970s; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Wiktionary: Cláudia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Claudius · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Claudia · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Claudius · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Cláudia

What does the name Cláudia mean?

The meaning of Cláudia 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 Cláudia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 336,332 people with the first name Cláudia, which ranks it number 81 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Cláudia a boy's or a girl's name?

Cláudia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 334,771 women and 1,561 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cláudia?

Cláudia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cláudia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.309% of the state's population is named Cláudia (49,635 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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