Claudia is a female given name equivalent to Claudius or Claudio. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudia. A variant and cognate form is Klaudia. It was originally used to refer to any woman who belonged to the ancient Roman Claudia gens. Given name Claudia of Chalon (1498–1521), nobility Claudia Felicitas of Austria (1653–1676), Holy Roman Empress A–E Cláudia Abreu (born 1970), Brazilian actress Claudia Alexander (1959–2015), NASA scientist and project manager Claudia Bandion-Ortner (born 1966), Austrian judge and politician Claudia Bär (born 1980), German canoer Claudia Beamish (born 1952), Scottish politician Claudia Beni (born 1986), Croatian singer Claudia Black (born 1972), Australian actress Claudia Bryar (1918–2011), American actress Claudia Bühlmann, Swiss bobsledder Claudia Cardinale (born 1938), Italian actress Cláudia Cepeda (born 1967), Brazilian actress Claudia Christian (born 1965), American actress Claudia Ciesla (born 1987), German model and actress Claudia Cowan, American journalist Claudia Czado, German statistician Claudia Doumit, American cinema actress Claudia Dreher (born 1971), German runner F–M Claudia Fährenkemper (born 1959), German photographer Claudia Faniello (born 1988), Maltese singer Claudia Fontaine (1960-2018), English singer Claudia Fontán (born 1966), Argentine actress Claudia Fragapane (born 1997), British artistic gymnast Claudia Franco (born 1975), Spanish swimmer Claudia Giovine (born 1990), Italian tennis player Claudia di Girolamo (born 1956), Chilean actress Cláudia Graner (born 1974), Brazilian water polo player Claudia Hammond (born 1971), British author and journalist Claudia Haro, American actress Claudia Hempel (born 1958), German swimmer Claudia Hürtgen (born 1971), German race driver Claudia Jennings (1949–1979), American model and actress Claudia Jessie (born 1989), English actress Claudia L. Johnson, American literary scholar Claudia Jones (1915–1964), Trinidad-born journalist and activist Claudia Jordan (born 1973), American model Claudia Jung (born 1964), German singer and politician Claudia Karvan (born 1972), Australian actress Claudia Kemfert (born 1968), German economist Claudia J. Kennedy (born 1947), United States Army general Claudia Kim (born 1985), South Korean actress Claudia Klüppelberg, German statistician Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (born 1963), German tennis player Claudia Koll (born 1965), Italian actress and missionary Claudia Kreuzig Grinnell, German-American poet Claudia Kristofics-Binder (born 1961), Austrian figure skater Claudia Lau (born 1992), Hong Kong competitive swimmer Claudia Lawrence (born 1974), British missing person Claudia Leistner (born 1965), German figure skater Claudia Leitte (born 1980), Brazilian singer Claudia Lennear, American singer Claudia Lichtenberg (born 1985), German cyclist Claudia Losch (born 1960), German shot putter Claudia Lösch (born 1988), Austrian alpine skier Claudia Guadalupe Martinez, American children's author Claudia Malvenuto,