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Claudell
How to Pronounce Claudell
Pronounced klaw-DEL /klɔːˈdɛl/Medium
Meaning: Claudell joins the classic Claude to a fashionable -ell ending. Claude descends from the Roman family name Claudius, built on a Latin word meaning 'lame.' Claudell keeps that lineage while taking on the rhythm of names like Wardell and Cordell.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Claudell is an elaboration of Claude, the French form of the Roman Claudius, whose root is a Latin word for 'lame.' The added -ell places it among a set of early-twentieth-century American names that favored that ending. Used here for a girl, it reads as a coined family name with a dignified classical base.
Claudell was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-thirties, and it faded by the early nineteen-sixties. A girl named Claudell then is in her late eighties or nineties today.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Claudell mean?
It joins Claude to an -ell ending; Claude comes from the Roman Claudius, from a word meaning 'lame.'
How do you pronounce Claudell?
It is said klaw-DEL, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Claudell a boy or girl name?
Claudell is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Claudell?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-thirties.