Claudia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔː(ɹ).di.ə/, /ˈklaʊ.di.ə/
• Homophone: cloudier (second pronunciation only)

Proper noun

Claudia

1. A female given name, Latin feminine form of Claudius.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), 2 Timothy 4:21:
     :

     Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

   • 1997 Penelope Lively: Moon Tiger. Grove Press. →ISBN

     Claudia is really Mummy, but she does not like being Mummy so you have to say Claudia. - - - Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.

Anagrams

• aulacid

Proper noun

Claudia

1. A female given name, a latinate variant of the female given name Claudie.

Anagrams

• acidula

Proper noun

Claudia

1. A female given name from the Latin feminine form of Claudius; popular from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Proper noun

Claudia f

1. A female given name of Latin origin, feminine form of Claudio.

Anagrams

• acidula
• caudali

Etymology

From Claudius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯.di.a/, [ˈkɫau̯.di.a]

Proper noun

Claudia f (genitive Claudiae); first declension

1. A feminine praenomen.
2. A patrician gens in Ancient Rome.
3. A nomen for women of the gens.

References

• Claudĭa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Claudĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 324/3

Etymology

From the Latin Claudia.

Proper noun

Claudia f

1. A female given name, feminine form of Claudio.