Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, via French, from German Klothilde, literally "famous in battle," from Old High German *klod "famous" (related to Old English hlud; see loud (adj.)) + hild "battle" (see Hilda).
Wikipedia
Clothilde (born February 22, 1948) is a French singer who was active for a brief period in 1967. Her real name is Elizabeth Beauvais. She is the daughter of writer and broadcaster Robert Beauvais and actress Gisèle Parry.
Clothilde recorded only two 45 rpm records in 1967 with words written by Jean-Yves Gaillac to music orchestrated by Germinal Tenas. Her material was re-released in 2013 by Born Bad Records.
Usage examples of "clothilde".
In those early days a primitive septic tank was a recurring problem, and Mother Clothilde made the mistake of digging it out personally, with the help of Sister Emma.
In the early days Mother Clothilde had tried her on sewing but her stitches were wild and she absentmindedly sewed altar cloths to her lap.
Only with growing things did she feel at home, and it was the present abbess, more pragmatic than Clothilde, who reasoned that if this was her only gift then she might as well become an accomplished botanist, learning the scientific names of plants as well as their uses.
Mother Clothilde saying that at seventeen Sister Emma found herself caring deeply for an older man, a close friend of her family.
Mother Clothilde saw him in her office a number of times, always late at night and secretly.
I remember that Mother Clothilde prayed long and hard for the man, and asked me to do the same.
Radegundis clothed herself and her companion Clothilde in the garb of poor women.
Sister Clothilde knew well what trouble might erupt in Salia should it be known that a legitimate descendant of Taillefer still lived.
Biscop Tallia and Sister Clothilde learned of the threat posed by the Lost Ones, so I was raised to follow in their path, to save humankind by casting the Lost Ones back into the Abyss.
Danielle remembered, according to legend, Queen Clothilde turned water into wine for laborers building a monastery in the sixth-century.
He found it was hard to smile and make the necessary jokes as he climbed in beside Clothilde and Bannerman.
There was still much of the wandering minstrel in Clothilde, even if she had been spending the last five years of her life putting fragments of ancient vases together.
It was possibly Clothilde who kept Tim Bannerman hovering around Athens.
And Clothilde, studying the simple gray wool dress and the high-brushed hair, said nothing at all.