René-Claude
Latin · Boy · 3 syllables
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About the name René-Claude
René-Claude combines two French names: René derives from the Latin "Renatus" meaning "reborn," while Claude comes from the Latin "Claudius" meaning "lame" or "limping," though it later became associated with nobility.
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Etymology
René-Claude combines two French names: René derives from the Latin "Renatus" meaning "reborn," while Claude comes from the Latin "Claudius" meaning "lame" or "limping," though it later became associated with nobility. This hyphenated name is primarily French and has been used in French Catholic culture, notably borne by the 18th-century Jesuit priest and missionary René-Claude Geoffroy de Saint-Laurent and other French clergy and aristocracy.
René-Claude currently ranks #3,526 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1963.
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