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Original poster

About the name Claudia...and its meaning, does it matter?

34 replies

sedgiebaby · 27/08/2010 11:43

We have this on our shortlist, but I keep discounting it due to the meaning (lame/disabled) do you think this matters.?

Then I come back to it as has an elegant 'sound' and we like Claudie as a nn and suits our requirement of a name which works in both French and English (bi-lingual family)its nice in my view for a little girl and a grown up...

Please advise on your thoughts?

Also feel free to tell me to do some work or I will never get to go on materntiy leave (I'm 37+3 and trying to handover my dept responsibilities and clear my desk but keep getting distracted!)

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daisyj · 27/08/2010 13:45

I come from a bilingual French family too, and my aunt is Claudie (no one ever calls her anything else - I don't think my grandparents even remember what it was short for!). I think it's lovely, and both Claudie and Claudia work beautifully for a baby, an older child and an adult, which is always a priority for me in baby name choices (they won't always be babies, after all).

Now go and do some work Wink

PestoEatsPastiesandSurfboards · 27/08/2010 13:43

I love it Smile

MrsBadger · 27/08/2010 13:41

like it anyway

besides, Rachel means sheep, Deborah means bee, Rebecca means a trap or snare, Bronwen means 'white breast'. You can't really win.

kiwidreamer · 27/08/2010 13:18

I dont think the meaning really matters, when I looked up my name it always said 'see Elizabeth' which I thought was rude as my name is nothing like Elizabeth so I thought at the time (now realised its a strange but olden time nn) but it hardly scarred me.

I think its a lovely name.

NiceCuppaT · 27/08/2010 12:50

No I don't think it does matter and I'm going to name my dd that!

FerminaUrbinoDaza · 27/08/2010 11:52

...Cecilia...

FerminaUrbinoDaza · 27/08/2010 11:51

I like Claudia nn Claudie, it just depends if it bothers you TBH. I didn't choose my DC's names for their meanings but did check them. Despite loving the name Cecil/Cecily/Cecilla family for names I couldn't live with them meaning 'blind'.

'tis very much a personal thing and I don't think it actually matters.

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sedgiebaby · 27/08/2010 11:48

Well that is true...I just imagine the day dd says,
'mummy what does my name mean?'
how will I put a spin on that one???

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Gigantaur · 27/08/2010 11:45

doesn't seem to have done MS Schiffer any harm has it.