Claudia may refer to any of the following:

People

Claudia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of the masculine Claude, which in turn has its origin in the Roman Claudius, which was the name of the gens Claudia. It comes from a Roman family name which was derived from Latin claudus meaning 'lame'. This was the family name of several Roman emperors of the 1st century, including the emperor known simply as Claudius. Although in English-speaking countries it is usually pronounced as ('claw-dee-ah'), many people named Claudia have their names pronounced as ('cloud-ee-ah').

The name Claudia is one of the ten most popular female names in many Spanish-speaking countries and regions, and tends to fall within the top 200 female names in the United States each year. In Spain, in 2005, Claudia was the ninth most used name for female babies. Variations of the name Claudia include Klaudia, Claudine, Claudette, Claudie, Clodia, Kladia, and Gladys.

Notable people named Claudia include:

Ancient Romans

• Claudia, a legendary Vestal Virgin
• Claudia Augusta, infant daughter of Nero by his second wife
• Claudia Capitolina, a princess of Commagene originally from Roman Egypt
• Claudia Julia, grand-daughter of Tiberius
• Claudia Marcella, either of two nieces of Augustus
• Claudia Octavia, first wife of Nero
• Claudia Procula, wife of Pontius Pilate
• Claudia Pulchra, any of several women including a daughter of Publius Clodius Pulcher and a great-niece of Augustus
• Claudia Quinta, who helped bring the statue of Cybele from Pessinus to Rome

Modern people

• Australian actress Claudia Black
• Italian actress Claudia Cardinale (real name Claude)
• American actress and musician Claudia Christian
• German long-distance runner Claudia Dreher
• Brazilian water polo goalkeeper Cláudia Graner
• American model of the 1970s Claudia Jennings (real name Mary)
• American First Lady Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson
• American model Claudia Jordan
• Australian actress Claudia Karvan
• American army general Claudia Kennedy
• Brazilian singer Cláudia Leitte
• Mexican synchronized swimmer Claudia Novelo
• Colombian journalist Claudia Palacios
• German supermodel Claudia Schiffer
• Peruvian swimmer Claudia Velásquez
• American actress Claudia Wells
• English TV presenter Claudia Winkleman
• English Girl Claudia Stilling

Fictional characters

• Claudia from Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire
• Claudine, heroine of a series of Colette's novels
• Claudia Hernandez, a character in the television series 24.
• Claudia Blaisdel Carrington, a character in the television series Dynasty.
• Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg, a character in the television series The West Wing (TV series)
• Claudia Joy Holden, a character in the television series Army Wives
• Claudia Wolf, the antagonist of the video game Silent Hill 3
• Claudia Kishi, from Ann M. Martin's Baby-Sitters Club books
• Claudia Zacchara, GH Character
• Claudia Brown from ITV's "Primeval"