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    The first name Clotilde

    A girl’s name from French.

    2 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    French origin

    From French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Clotilde, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity

    Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025

    Clotilde last appeared in the official list in 2003, given to 3 girls.

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    3
    babies named Clotilde, 1996–2025
    #4,373
    rank in 2003
    2003
    peak year

    Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Clotilde with other names.

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Clotilde at birth, 1880–2025

    In 2015, 5 girls born in the United States were named Clotilde, the 17,028th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1924, when 36 were.

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    1,018
    babies named Clotilde since 1880
    #17,028
    rank in 2015
    1924
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Clotilde

    18 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Clotilde Courau
      French actress, born 1969
    • Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy
      Daughter of Vittorio Emanuele II (1843–1911)
    • Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Archduchess of Austria
      Austrian archduchess (1846-1927)
    • Clotilde Hesme
      French actress (born 1979)
    • Clotilde
      Daughter of King Clovis I of the Franks and Queen Clotilde; wife of the Visigothic King Am, 500–531
    • Clotilde Cerdà i Bosch
      Catalan musician, 1861–1926
    • Clotilde de Vaux
      French writer and poet (1815–1846)
    • Clotilde Mollet
      French actress, born 1963
    • Clotilde von Derp
      German dancer (1892–1974)
    • Clotilde Reiss
      Accused French spy, born 1985
    • Clotilde Essiane
      Cameroonian boxer and association football player, born 1985
    • Clotilde García Borrero
      Colombian suffragette and feminist (1887-1969)

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    Questions

    What does the name Clotilde mean?
    From French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Clotilde, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz.
    What is the origin of the name Clotilde?
    From French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Clotilde, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz.
    How popular is the name Clotilde?
    In 2003, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Clotilde, ranking 4,373rd.
    Is Clotilde a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,018 US babies named Clotilde since 1880 were girls.
    When was Clotilde most popular?
    1924 in the United States, when 36 babies were named Clotilde, its highest rank at 1,359th.