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Claudette

OriginFrench, feminine variation of Claude
Meaning"lame; enclosure"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · girls#10266

2025 SSA

About Claudette

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.

Claudette is also given to boys.

Pronounced klaw-DET.

As of October 2026, Claudette ranked #4083 in US births in 1959 SSA, peaked at #3211 in 1936.

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Famous Claudettes

  • Claudette Colbert (born Emilie Chauchoin)Girl

    French,American actress

  • Claudette Marie Rogers RobinsonGirl

    American singer,songwriter, ex,wife of Smokey Robinson

  • Claudette WerleighGirl

    7th and first woman Prime Minister of Haiti

  • Claudette OrtizGirl

    American singer and reality TV personality ("R&B Divas: Los Angeles")

  • Claudette ColvinGirl

    first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, USA

  • Claudette TardifGirl

    Canadian Senator

  • Claudette BradshawGirl

    Canadian MP

  • Claudette MinkGirl

    Canadian actress

  • Claudette HerbsterGirl

    Josland, French Olympic fencer

  • Claudette PaceGirl

    Maltese politician and singer

  • Céline Marie Claudette DionGirl

    French,Canadian pop singer

Claudette in pop culture

  • Miss Claudette PelageGirl

    character on TV's "Orange is the New Black"

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