Claudette

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Claudette is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name245K records spelled Claudette8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Brazil, Canada

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Çlaudette, Claudétte, Clåudęttę, Člaudettë

• Russian given name421 records spelled Claudette4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Клодетт

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Claudette is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Diminutif de Claude, du latin Claudius.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• Feminine pet form of cLaupDE.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• French: feminine diminutive form of CLAUDE , now also occasionally used in the English-speaking world.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 111 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Claudette Colbertb. 1903FRAmerican actress (1903–1996)
• Colette Brossetb. 1922FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1922-2007)
• Claudette Nevinsb. 1937USAmerican actress (1937-2020)
• Claudette Colvinb. 1939USAfrican-American civil rights activist (1939–2026)
• Claudette Werleighb. 1946HTPrime Minister of Haiti
• Claudette Dionb. 1948CACanadian singer
• Michèle Rivasib. 1953FRnot in their usual nameFrench politician (1953–2023)
• Céline Dionb. 1968CAnot in their usual nameFrench Canadian singer (born 1968)
• Michelle Murphyb. 1969CAnot in their usual nameCanadian philosopher
• Claudette Minkb. 1971CACanadian actress (born 1971)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 394 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Claudette?

We estimate roughly 19 thousand people bear Claudette (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Claudette have the most bearers?

We estimate about 17 thousand people bear Claudette in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled claudette.

Where is Claudette most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Claudette is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 1.4 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Claudette compared with other names?

In Jamaica, Claudette is the 36th most common given name of 20,217 given names recorded there.

Is Claudette a male or female name?

Claudette is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Claudette mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Claude