Claude is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Claude one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
Claude derives from the name Claudius, which is of Latin origin. In English it’s used only for males but in French it’s a unisex name.
Claude means “lame”, “crippled” or “limping” (from Latin “claudus”), but recent research assumes that it is a name of unknown meaning or just means “of the patrician Claudii”. The Claudii were one of the oldest and most powerful Roman Patrician families.
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