Claudia

[ToffeeMoon]

Like it? Love it? Or politely not for you?

Politely not for me.

It's very pretty.

I have one - almost two. Known as Claudie at the moment. I do like it very much and get a v positive response to it almost always.

Love it. Wish I'd used it on one of my girls, but alas it will have to wait for baby number three if she's another girl!

Love it

Love it and used it

It's not to my taste but there isn't anything wrong with it for someone else. Good nickname of Claude. I just think there are better names. It doesn't really do anything for me. It's Latin-y but not particularly pretty. I think it's the CL sound-maybe it sounds heavy?

I love it. I'm a big Interview With the Vampire fan and I always thought Claudia was the most fascinating character

It was my grandmother's name. It was considered too posh for a servant so she was called Gwladys by her employers! I have it as a middle name and hated it as a child, but now wish it had been my first name.

As a general principle, I dislike names where there is ambiguity of pronunciation. So, politely not for me.

since the joke all I ever hear is "Cloudier"

sorry, it's a no from me, but only for that reason

I hate when people go on about the 'lame' thing. Tons of names have less than pleasant meanings.

I really like it but only when it is 'cloudier' not 'clawdia'

Love it.

Fortunately, I never studied Latin

I love it and I have one. Good thing about this name is that it usually divides opinion because of the meaning, and it's for that reason I think that it languishes somewhere around the 260th mark in terms of popularity. Lots of people I think like it but worry about the meaning. Others, like me, couldn't care less! So if you are worried about popularity then it's a good one to go for. My own Claudia isn't even a year yet, so it's not much to go on, but so far she is the only one we have come into contact with.

I love it! And have no regrets at all about using it for dd2, who is 4, she is mostly claudie at home, although her friends usually say Claudia. I know our families were not keen initially but I didn't care, it seems to be popping up here more recently though so may be getting more popular, we've never met another though.

I agree it is very popular here on MN. I have wondered how many of the 178 babies named Claudia in 2012 have mothers who are MNetters! I would say a fairly high percentage. Mine is a 2013 one so I will be interested to see if it's popularity has risen.

Mine is a 2011 Claudia and think it suits her perfectly.

Good strong name that everyone has heard of, which isn't mega popular

My eldest (nearly 14) Goddaughter is a Claudia, and although i was a bit when first told her name I now love it and couldn't imagine her being anything else.