Baby name
FADING
🇫🇷 🇧🇷 🇪🇸 Clotilde
/kloh · TEELD/
Meaning
“Famous in battle”
Germanic name from Hlodechild, combining hlud (fame) and hild (battle); Saint Clotilde was the Frankish queen who converted her husband Clovis to Christianity in 496 AD.
Nicknames
cloti · tilde
Vibe
strongelegant
How it ages.
A dark horse for revival; the medieval saint pedigree and the Tilde nickname make it more wearable than it looks.
The cultural moment.
Traditional in France and Brazil through the mid-20th century; rare today but positioned for recovery.