Claudette

French, feminine variation of Claude
"lame; enclosure"

Claudette Origin and Meaning

The name Claudette is a girl's name of French origin meaning "lame; enclosure".

Once seen as a dated French Claudette-Colbert feminization, along with Annette and Paulette, we can see Claudette moving into a more plausible Colette-Cosette arena. While some may be put off by the common "lame" meaning, some etymologists theorize that the name may relate to the word for enclosure or clause, an alternate meaning that may appeal to a child with a form of this otherwise-appealing name.

# 866 in the US

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Famous People Named Claudette

  • Claudette Colbert (born Emilie Chauchoin)
    French,American actress
  • Claudette Marie Rogers Robinson
    American singer,songwriter, ex,wife of Smokey Robinson
  • Claudette Werleigh
    7th and first woman Prime Minister of Haiti
  • Claudette Ortiz
    American singer and reality TV personality ("R&B Divas: Los Angeles")
  • Claudette Colvin
    first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, USA
  • Claudette Tardif
    Canadian Senator
  • Claudette Bradshaw
    Canadian MP
  • Claudette Mink
    Canadian actress
  • Claudette Herbster
    Josland, French Olympic fencer
  • Claudette Pace
    Maltese politician and singer
  • Céline Marie Claudette Dion
    French,Canadian pop singer

Claudette in Pop Culture

  • Miss Claudette Pelage
    character on TV's "Orange is the New Black"