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If you like a cute, popular name like "Chloe," but wish there were a little more to it, Clotilde is a great, traditional, "long form" that can have Chloe as a diminutive.

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Nicknames for Clotilde: | Edit

Tilde, Tilda, Chloe, Lottie

Meanings and history of the name Clotilde: | Edit

French form of Chlodhilde, meaning "famous battle" in Old High German. Also a traditional Italian name.

Famous real-life people named Clotilde: | Edit

St. Clotilde, wife of Clovis I, patron of brides, adopted children, parents, exiles, and widows.
Princess Marie Clotilde of France, sister of King Louis XVI of France and wife of King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia
Clotilde Hesme, French actress
Clotilde Dusoulier, French chef
Clotilde Reiss, French scholar tried in Iran on espionage charges in 2009

Clotilde in song, story & screen: | Edit

Clotilde Bradbury-Scott, character in Agatha Christie's mystery novel "Nemesis"