Clothilde
Clothilde or Clotilde is a female given name.
Origin, meaning, variants
The name Clotilde is used in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
It is the French form of the Germanic name Chlotichilda , which is composed of the elements of fame and battle . Saint Clotilde was the wife of the Frankish king Clovis, whom she converted to Christianity.
Variants are:
- Chlothilde, Klothilde
- Clotilda
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Name bearers
- Clothilde of Burgundy (actually Chrodechild of Burgundy; * around 474, † 544), venerated as Saint Clothilde or Chlotilde through marriage to Clovis I, Queen of the Franks
- Clothilde of France (Marie Clotilde of France; 1759–1802), Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont and Duchess of Savoy
- Clotilde of Derp
- Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846–1927), until 1918 a princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Clotilde Barth
- Clotilde Courau
- Clotilde Hesme
- Clotilde Mollet
- Clotilde Reiss
Other uses
- Schooner Clotilda (often incorrectly called the Clotilde ) - last known ship that brought slaves from Africa to North America ( Mobile , Al) in 1860 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Clotilde. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .