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I like her pronounciation better. I know a Claudia 'Claw-dee-uh' and I like the name

I highly doubt that her name is spelled Cloudia rather than Claudia. Claudia is pronounced similar to CLOUD-ee-a in Spanish, and Spanish and Italian share quite a few similarities, so it's not surprising that Claudia would be pronounced nearly the same way in both languages.

This message was edited 12/4/2006, 10:14 PM

I agree with Mashka that the spelling is probably the same (Claudia) but the pronunciation is different in different areas. I prefer the CLAW-dee-ah prn. The CLOUD-ee-ah one sounds odd to me; makes me think of something cloudy (and I'm a nurse, so we describe sputum and urine as "cloudy" :-/). I like Claudia, but I'm not crazy about the meaning, either.

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I dislike the name Claudia, partly because of the "claw" sound that is prn. here and partly because of personal associations. Prn. CLOW-dee-ah is nicer, but I am still reminded of the little vampire in Interview with a Vampire.

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It's probably spelled Claudia, as in Italian, the 'au' makes an 'ow' (as in cow) sound.

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I like Claudia, but unfortunately the meaning ('lame') has put me off it. :(

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I love Claudia. I like both the German and English pronounciations, though I slightly prefer the German one (CLOW-dee-ah). The only reason I probably wouldn't use it is because of it's meaning, but I still think it's beautiful.

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I like Claudia (Claw-dee-uh) much better, but I do agree. The pronounciation is very unique.