Claudia - pronunciation please

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DH and I both like Claudia but prefer the pronunciation Clowdia. How do you say it properly - Clow-d-ia or Clowd-ya?? Thanks!!

It means Lame I think.

Cloud ee aah

Lovely name and I'd pronounce it Clordia, I like Claudette too

I prefer Claw-dia and thats what I would assume unless told otherwise. Not keen on Clow-dia.

Prefer Claw dee ah. Clou-dia reminds me of clown!

Claw - dia, i have a couple of friends called Claudia and it is said Claw - dia.

Thanks ladies! Certainly a good mix here! I agree, it has an awful meaning but according to my baby name book Claudia was mentioned in the New Testament and was married to someone-or-another and was a good woman! Sometime before Emperor Claudius and his dodgy leg, I'm guessing, so that's the version I'm sticking to! Think I'm still going with the Clou-dia option though, I'll prepare myself, and her, for a lifetime of corrections

I LOVE Claudia but husband has said no I would pronounce it Cloud-ia, as I'm Dutch and it's just pronounced that way (nicer in my opinion) but I just know it'll lead to a life of correcting people who say Claw-dia.

I like the italian way too.

I know a Cl'ow'dia and she doesn't/hasn't had a life of correcting people.

I assume Clor-dee-ah (not Clor-dya), based mostly on Claude being Clorde not Clowd. Now there's a name to conjure with.

The male version is surely Claw-ed, isn't it? It would be in France (Don't think I know of any British Claudes).

Based on that it would make sense that the female version was Claw-dee-ah. That is what I would say if uncorrected.

On a personal note I am british so if I choose a name I am not going to decided to make it sound foreign. That's like choosing to call Peter: Piers or John: Hans IMO. It only sounds like Cou-dia because of Italians accents but we are not Italian.

Of course I am biased because it is the name I've chosen should I have a DD and it will be Claw dee ah.

I pronounce it Claw-di-a too but thats because my name is Claudine pronounced the same way. The meaning is 'Lame' but its never really bothered me, i just like having an unusual name.