Claudette

French, feminine variation of Claude

"lame; enclosure"

Claudette Origin and Meaning

The name Claudette is a girl's name of French origin meaning "lame; enclosure".

Once seen as a dated French Claudette-Colbert feminization, along with Annette and Paulette, we can see Claudette moving into a more plausible Colette-Cosette arena. While some may be put off by the common "lame" meaning, some etymologists theorize that the name may relate to the word for enclosure or clause, an alternate meaning that may appeal to a child with a form of this otherwise-appealing name.

Claudette Rank in US Top 1000

# 866 in the US

Popularity of the name Claudette

• 1443 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Claudette

• Claudette Colbert (born Emilie Chauchoin) French,American actress
• Claudette Marie Rogers Robinson American singer,songwriter, ex,wife of Smokey Robinson
• Claudette Werleigh 7th and first woman Prime Minister of Haiti
• Claudette Ortiz American singer and reality TV personality ("R&B Divas: Los Angeles")
• Claudette Colvin first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, USA
• Claudette Tardif Canadian Senator
• Claudette Bradshaw Canadian MP
• Claudette Mink Canadian actress
• Claudette Herbster Josland, French Olympic fencer
• Claudette Pace Maltese politician and singer
• Céline Marie Claudette Dion French,Canadian pop singer

The name Claudette in Pop Culture

• Miss Claudette Pelage character on TV's "Orange is the New Black"