Meaning of the nameCláudio

Male
Latin origin
Cláu-di-o

Cláudio is a masculine name of Latin origin, from Claudius, the name of a Roman family whose origin is debated.

Meaning

The meaning of Cláudio 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): 311,341
Rank in Brazil: #89
Median age: 48 years
2010 Census: 352,031; people

Cláudio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cláudio, 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 (106,916 people).

1,433 women 309,908 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 Cláudio is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	82,240	0.185%
Rio de Janeiro	38,003	0.237%
Minas Gerais	34,606	0.169%
Rio Grande do Sul	23,107	0.212%
Bahia	19,550	0.138%
Paraná	18,207	0.159%
Pernambuco	11,749	0.130%
Santa Catarina	11,365	0.149%
Goiás	9,158	0.130%
Pará	8,650	0.107%
Ceará	7,428	0.085%
Maranhão	6,372	0.094%
Espírito Santo	4,923	0.128%
Mato Grosso	4,610	0.126%
Distrito Federal	4,130	0.147%
Mato Grosso do Sul	4,077	0.148%
Paraíba	3,927	0.099%
Rio Grande do Norte	3,278	0.099%
Amazonas	3,273	0.083%
Alagoas	3,233	0.103%
Piauí	2,491	0.076%
Sergipe	2,096	0.095%
Rondônia	1,818	0.115%
Tocantins	1,307	0.087%
Amapá	685	0.093%
Acre	611	0.074%
Roraima	447	0.070%

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

About the name Cláudio

Cláudio is a learned borrowing from Latin Claudius, according to Wiktionary. Claudius was the name of a Roman family: the traditional explanation links it to claudus ('lame'), but Wiktionary considers a Sabine origin, related to clausus ('closed'), more likely, and Behind the Name says only that it came 'possibly' from claudus. Because the origin is debated, the meaning is not known with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 311,341 people named Cláudio, with a peak among those born in the 1970s. The feminine form is Cláudia.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Cláudio

What does the name Cláudio mean?

The meaning of Cláudio 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 Cláudio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 311,341 people with the first name Cláudio, which ranks it number 89 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Cláudio a boy's or a girl's name?

Cláudio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,433 women and 309,908 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cláudio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Cláudio most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.237% of the state's population is named Cláudio (38,003 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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