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View Name: Clotilde


CLOTILDE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: French
PRONOUNCED: klo-TEELD   [key]
Meaning & History
French form of the Germanic name Chlotichilda which was composed of the elements hlud "famous" and hild "battle". Saint Clotilde was the wife of the Frankish king Clovis, whom she converted to Christianity.
Related Names
VARIANT: Clothilde
OTHER LANGUAGES: Chlotichilda, Clothildis (Ancient Germanic), Clotilda (English), Klotild (Hungarian)
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