Entry № 0546 · Latin origin

Claudia Claudia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KLAW-dee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Lame / enclosure (Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 480
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "lame / enclosure (claudia sheinbaum, mexico's first female president)".

Claudia is the feminine of Claudius — from the Latin claudus ("lame") or perhaps an Etruscan name. **Claudia Sheinbaum (born 1962)** — **Mexican climate scientist and politician; on October 1, 2024, became the first woman and the first person of Jewish heritage to serve as President of Mexico** — elected with the highest vote count in Mexican history. **Claudia Goldin (born 1946)** — American economist; **2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her research on women's labor force outcomes — the third woman ever to win the Economics Nobel and the first to win it alone**. **Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025)** — Italian-Tunisian actress; *Once Upon a Time in the West* (1968), *The Pink Panther* (1963). **Claudia Schiffer (born 1970)** — German supermodel; over 1,000 magazine covers. **Saint Claudia of Rome** — mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21; possibly the first Christian woman of British origin.

Subject of countless tributes to Sheinbaum's 2024 inauguration.

Lame / enclosure. Mexico's first female president (2024); Claudia Goldin's 2023 Economics Nobel.

The name in its native script.

Claudia
Transliteration
Claudia
Pronunciation
/ ˈklɔː.di.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Claudia stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 480 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 67 in 1991
Babies named Claudia · last year
645 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1881
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #67 NOW · #480

Claudias before her.

Real people
Claudia Sheinbaum
First female President of Mexico.
born 1962
Claudia Goldin
American Nobel economist.
born 1946
Claudia Cardinale
Italian-Tunisian actress.
1938 – 2025
Claudia Schiffer
German supermodel.
born 1970
In fiction
Claudia
Interview with the Vampire.
1976

Names connected to Claudia.

The number behind Claudia.

6

The Nurturer

Claudia reduces to six — the number of presidential firsts.

Why families chose this name.

"Mexico's first. Seven letters. Claudia."
Maria · Mother of one · Mexico City