THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Clotilde
Clotilde is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Clotilde. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /kloˈtilde/
- [kloˈt̪il̪.d̪e]
Clo · til · de3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Clotilde, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz, from *hlūdaz (“famous”) + *hildiz (“battle”).
a female given name from French
Wiktionary: Clotilde (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Clotilde, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz.
A female given name from French, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, of rare usage.
Wiktionary: Clotilde (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Derived from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdahildiz.
a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to French Clotilde or English Clotilda
Wiktionary: Clotilde (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Clotilde in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Clotilde
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Cleotilde·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Matilde·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Tilde♀Short form of Clotilde and Mathilde
- Claire♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Claude·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cleofil·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Clive·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Clodualda·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Clotilde?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Clotilde further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Clotilde (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Clotilde (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Clotilde (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.