Claudius
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A classical Roman name meaning “lame” or “limping,” later carried by an emperor.
Meaning
Claudius is the Roman family name behind English Claude and Claudia. In the excerpts, it is explicitly glossed as Latin for “lame one” and linked to the idea of a physical drawback; one excerpt also notes the Roman imperial name Claudius. Some older name books give a different historical explanation, but the clearest repeated sense here is the Latin notion of lameness.
Origin
Latinmasculine
Fun fact
The name became famous through Emperor Claudius, which helped keep it in use long after its original Roman family-name roots.