Claude is a Roman given name originating from the Latin name Claudius meaning "crippled" or "lame". In Latin-origin nations, it is used for both men and women, though more common for men. Whereas in English-speaking nations, it is mostly used for men, and is an uncommon given name for women or a family name.
People
Claude, Duke of Aumale (1526–1573) Claude, Duke of Guise (1496–1550) Claude de la Colombière (1641–1682), Christian saint Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne (1618–1679), Spanish general and prince Claude Matthieu, Count Gardane (1766–1818), French general and diplomat Claude of Besançon (c. 607–696 or 699), Christian saint, priest, monk, abbot and bishop Claude Abadie (1920–2020), French clarinetist Claude Abbes (1927–2008), French association football player Claude Abravanel (1924–2012), Swiss pianist and composer Claude Abromont, French musicologist, essayist and writer Claude Adam (born 1958), Luxembourgish politician Claude Adelen (born 1944), French poet and literary critic Claude Ake (1939–1996), Nigerian political scientist Claude Akins (1926–1994), American actor Claude Albright (1873–1923), American opera singer Claude Allègre (born 1937), French politician and geochemist Claude Henry Allen, American lawyer and politician Claude Allen (born 1960), American attorney Claude Alphandéry (1922–2024), French resistance member, banker and economist Claude Alvares, Indian environmentalist Claude Alward Ridley (1896–1942), British aviator and military officer Claude Améganvi, Togolese politician and Trotskyist Claude Anelka (born 1968), French football manager Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois (1763–1832), French engineer and politician Claude Antoine de Valdec de Lessart (1741–1792), French politician Claude Arabo (1937–2013), French fencer Claude Arnaiz (1931–2009), French boxer Claude Arnaud (born 1955), French writer, essayist and biographer Claude Arnold (1924–2016), American gridiron football player Claude Arnulphy (1697–1786), French painter Claude Arpels, American film producer Claude Arpi, French writer, historian and Tibetologist Claude Arribas (born 1951), French footballer Claude Arrieu (1903–1990), French composer Claude Aru (born 1997), Ni-Vanuatuan footballer Claude Ashton (1901–1942), English footballer and cricketer Claude Askolovitch (born 1962), French journalist and author Claude Aubery, French physician and philosopher Claude Aubry (1914–1984), Canadian library administrator and writer Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), British Field Marshal Claude Auclair (1943–1990), French cartoonist Claude Audran III (1658–1734), French painter Claude Auger (1951–2006), Canadian surgeon general Claude Autant-Lara (1901–2000), French film director Claude Aveline (1901–1992), French writer Claude Azéma (1943–2021), French priest Claude Babé, Gabonese footballer Claude Bachand (born 1951), Canadian politician Claude Bachand (MNA) (born 1956), Canadian politician Claude Bakadal (born 1976), French footballer Claude Baker (born 1948), American composer Claude I. Bakewell (1912–1987), American politician Claude Balbastre (1724–1799), French composer Claude Ballif (1924–2004), French composer Claude Ballot-Léna (1936–1999), French racing driver Claude Balon (1671–1744), French dancer and choreographer Claude Barker (1897–1961), Australian politician Claude Barma (1918–1992), French director Claude Barmier (born 1933), French cyclist Claude Barnard (1890–1957), Australian politician Claude Barnes, American civil-rights campaigner and professor Claude Albert Barnett (1889–1967), American journalist Claude Barrabé (born 1966), French footballer Claude Barras (born 1973), Swiss director Claude Barrat (1658–1711), Canadian notary and court clerk Claude Barrès (1925–1959), French officer Claude Barrett (1907–1976), English footballer Claude Barthélemy (footballer) (1945–2020), Haitian footballer Claude Barthélemy (musician) (born 1956), French jazz guitarist Claude Bartlett (1897–1972), British trade union leader Claude Bartolone (born 1951), Tunisian-born French politician Claude Barzotti (1953–2023), Belgian singer Claude Basire (1764–1794), French revolutionary politician Claude Batchelor (born 1929), American soldier convicted of collaboration Claude Bateman-Champain (1875–1956), English cricketer Claude Batho (1935–1981), French photographer Claude Baudoux (1898–1984), Belgian field hockey player Claude Baumann, Swiss chess player Claude Bautista, Filipino politician Claude Baux (born 1945), French retired slalom canoeist Claude Bazin de Bezons (1617–1684), French lawyer and politician Claude Beales (1887–1963), Australian rules footballer Claude Beauchamp (1939–2020), Canadian journalist Claude Beausoleil (1948–2020), Canadian poet and writer Claude Bébéar (1935–2025), French businessman Claude Béchard (1969–2010), Canadian politician Claude Beck (1894–1971), American cardiac surgeon and professor of cardiovascular surgery Claude de Bectoz (1490–1547), writer, intellectual, abbess and correspondent of Francis I of France Claude Belot (born 1936), French politician Claude Bénard (1926–2025), French high jumper Claude Bennett (1936–2020), Canadian politician Claude Berge (1926–2002), French mathematician Claude Bergeaud (born 1960), French basketball coach Claude Berger (1679–1712), French doctor and chemist Claude Bergeret (born 1954), French table tennis player Claude Lucien Bergery (1787–1863), French economist Claude Bernard (1813–1878), French physiologist Claude Berrou (born 1951), French professor in electrical engineering Claude Berri (1934–2009), French film director Claude Berry (1880–1974), American baseball player Claude Bertin (1653–1705), French artist Claude Berton (1903–1993), American racing driver Claude Bertrand (disambiguation), several people Claude Bessy (dancer) (1932–2026), French ballerina Claude Bice (1879–1953), American football coach Claude Billard (1550–1618), French writer, poet and playwright Claude Binyon (1905–1978), American film director Claude Birkett Ferenbaugh (1899–1975), United States Army General Claude Birraux (born 1946), French politician Claude Bissell (1916–2000), Canadian historian Claude Biwer (born 1936), French politician Claude Bizibuye Nyamugabo, Congolese politician Claude Black, several people Claude Blagden (1874–1952), Anglican bishop Claude le Blanc (1669–1728), French Royal official Claude Blanchard (1932–2006), Canadian actor and singer Claude Blanchard (ice hockey) (1945–2019), French ice hockey player Claude C. Bloch (1878–1967), United States Navy admiral Claude Bloch (1923–1971), French theoretical nuclear physicist Claude Bloodgood (1937–2001), American chess player Claude Bodin (born 1952), French politician Claude Boileau (born 1933), Canadian ice hockey player Claude Victor de Boissieu (1784–1868), French painter Claude Boissol (1920–2016), French film director and screenwriter Claude Boivin (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player Claude Bolling (1930–2020), French jazz pianist and composer Claude M. Bolton Jr. (1945–2015), United States Air Force general Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921–2021), French painter and graphic designer Claude Borelli (1934–1960), French actress Claude Bosi, Michelin-starred chef Claude Bouchard (born 1939), Canadian researcher Claude Boucher (disambiguation), several people Claude Bouchiat (1932–2021), French physicist Claude Bouhier de Lantenay (1681–1755), French clergyman Claude Bourdet (1909–1996), French politician and writer Claude Bourgelat (1712–1779), French veterinary surgeon Claude Bourquard (born 1937), French fencer Claude Bourque (1915–1982), Canadian ice hockey player Claude Bourrigault (1932–2021), French footballer Claude Bouton, Lord of Corbaron Claude Bouxin (1907–1997), French art director Claude G. Bowers (1878–1958), American journalist and politician Claude Bowes-Lyon, several people Claude Bracey (1909–1940), American sprinter Claude Brami (born 1948), French writer Claude Brasseur (1936–2020), French actor Claude A. Bray Jr. (1931–2020), American politician Claude Bréart de Boisanger (1899–1999), French diplomat Claude Breeze (born 1938), Canadian painter Claude Bremond (1929–2021), French semiologist Claude Brinegar (1926–2009), American government official Claude Brixhe (1933–2021), French linguist Claude Brossette (1671–1743), French lawyer and writer Claude Brown (1937–2002), American writer Claude Brumachon (born 1959), French choreographer Claude Buchon (born 1949), French cyclist Claude Buckenham (1876–1937), English cricketer and footballer Claude Buckle (1905–1973), mid-20th-century English painter Claude Buckle (Royal Navy officer, born 1803) (1803–1894), English naval officer Claude Buckle (Royal Navy officer, born 1839) (1839–1930), Royal navy officer Claude Buffet (1933–1972), French criminal Claude Buffier (1661–1737), French philosopher, historian and teacher Claude Burdin (1788–1873), French engineer Claude Buridant (born 1938), French linguist Claude A. Buss (1903–1998), American historian Claude Cadart (1927–2019), French Sinologist Claude E. Cady (1878–1953), American politician Claude Cahen (1909–1991), French Marxist orientalist and historian Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French surrealist photographer, sculptor and writer Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English football supporter Claude Ewen Cameron (1894–1982), Australian Army officer Claude Campos, Brazilian footballer Claude Canaway (1911–1989), Australian rules footballer Claude R. Canizares, American physicist Claude Cardin (born 1941), Canadian former ice hockey left winger Claude Carignan (born 1964), Canadian politician Claude Cariguel, French writer Claude Carliez (1925–2015), French stunt performer Claude Carlin (born 1961), French cyclist Claude Carmona (born 1964), French gymnast Claude E. Carpenter (1904–1976), American set decorator Claude Carter (1881–1952), South African cricketer Claude Castonguay (1929–2020), Canadian politician Claude Céberet du Boullay (1647–1702), French diplomat Claude Cerval (1921–1972), French actor Claude Chabauty (1910–1990), French mathematician Claude Chabrol (1930–2010), French film director Claude Chagnon (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player Claude Chalhoub (born 1974), Lebanese musical artist
Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset (1717–1773), French physician Claude Champagne (1891–1965), French Canadian composer, teacher, pianist and violinist Claude Champion de Crespigny (1873–1910), British soldier and polo player Claude Champy, French ceramicist Claude Chappe (1763–1805), French inventor Claude Chappuys (1500–1575), French poet Claude Charles (1661–1747), French painter Claude Charron (born 1946), Canadian politician Claude Chartre (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player Claude Chauchetière (1645–1709), French Jesuit missionary and painter Claude Eugène Chauchouart de Lavicomté, French navy officer of the war of American independence Claude Chazottes (born 1949), French footballer Claude Chevalley (1909–1984), French mathematician Claude Chevalley (basketball), Swiss basketball player Claude Cheysson (1920–2012), French politician Claude Chirac (born 1962), daughter of Jacques Chirac Claude Cholat, French painter Claude Choules (1901–2011), British WWI veteran and last combat veteran from any nation Claude Clark (1915–2001), African American painter Claude Clegg, American historian Claude Clegg (athlete) (1913–1991), New Zealand javelin thrower Claude Clerselier (1614–1684), French lawyer, editor and translator Claude Closky (born 1963), French artist Claude Clough (1884–1922), Australian rules footballer Claude Cloutier (born 1957), Canadian film animator Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (born 1933), French physicist Claude Coleman Jr. (born 1974), American drummer Claude Colette (1929–1990), French cyclist