Claudia
Claudia (also Klaudia ) is a female given name ; male counterparts include Claudio and Claudiu . For the origin of the name, see Claudier .
distribution
In the first half of the 20th century the name Claudia was not very popular in Germany. However, since the early 1940s it has become increasingly popular. From the mid-sixties to the mid-seventies, the name consistently belonged to the ten most common female first names. It was even number one in the frequency statistics a few times in the late sixties. Since the late eighties, the name has gone out of style. In Austria it was one of the most popular first names until the mid-80s, until it fell sharply from 1986 and is no longer even among the first 60.
name day
- March 20 , after the martyr Claudia († around 300 in Rome)
- May 18th , companion of Theodotus, Thekusa, Alexandra, Phaina, Euphrasia, Matrona and Julitta († around 303 in Ankyra, today's Ankara)
- August 18 , after Claudia of Geneva (late 15th century)
variants
- Claude, Claudine (French), Claudja
- Klawdija or Клавдия (Russian)
Well-known namesake
antiquity
- Claudia (daughter of Appius Claudius Caecus)
- Claudia Procula , wife of Pontius Pilate
- Κλαυδία, name of a Christian woman mentioned in passing in the New Testament ( 2 Tim 4,21)
- Claudia, the spelling used by Suetonius for the name of Octavian's temporary wife, Clodia
- Claudia (vestal) (2nd century BC), vestal
- Claudia Quinta , figure of a Roman legend
Modern times
- Claudia of France (1499–1524), Queen of France.
- Claudia Bandion-Ortner (* 1966), Austrian politician
- Klawdija Sergejewna Bojarskich (1939–2009), Soviet cross-country skier
- Claudia de 'Medici (1604–1648), Archduchess of Austria and Duchess of Tyrol
- Claudia Cardinale (* 1938), Italian actress
- Claudia Hiersche (* 1977), German presenter and actress
- Claudia Jung (* 1964), German pop singer
- Claudia Kemfert (* 1968), German economist
- Claudia Kleinert (* 1969), German television presenter
- Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (* 1963), German tennis player
- Klaudia Kulon (* 1992), Polish chess player
- Claudia Leistner (* 1965), German figure skater
- Claudia Pechstein (* 1972), German speed skater
- Claudia Peter (Germanist) , German Germanist, art historian and journalist
- Claudia Riegler (snowboarder) (* 1973), Austrian snowboarder
- Claudia Roth (* 1955), German politician
- Claudia Schiffer (* 1970), German mannequin and photo model
- Claudia Schmutzler (* 1966), German actress
- Claudia Vorst (* 1963), German educator, Germanist and university lecturer
- Claudia Waldi (* 1964), German rower
- Claudia Wenzel (* 1959), German actress
Web links
Wiktionary: Claudia - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
