CLAUDE

Francés masculine and feminine forma de CLAUDIUS. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due to the 7th-century Saint Claude of Besançon. It was imported to Britain in the 16th century by the aristocratic Hamilton family, who had Francés connections. A famous bearer of this name was the Francés impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).

“KLOD (French), KLAWD (English)”