Clare

Clare \cla-re, cl-are\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby girl name Clare can also be used as a name boy name meaning, though the use for girls is more popular. It is pronounced as KLEHR- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Clare: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"

What is the origin of Clare?

Clare's language of origin is Latin and it is used predominantly in English. Derived from the word clarus which is of the meaning 'clear, bright, famous'. Clare was used as a medieval form of Clara, itself a feminine form of the Latin Clarus; in modern use, English speakers have adopted Clara as a re-Latinized form of the accepted English name Clare. The name was borne by various Italian saints, most notably Saint Clare of Assisi (1193-1253), founder of the Poor Clares order of nuns. Use of the first name has been reinforced by the surname Clare, which is of a different origin and is ultimately from a county name in Suffolk and the Irish Clare River. The surname was introduced to Ireland by Richard de Clare or 'Stronbow', 2nd Earl of Pembroke (-1176). In literature, Clara has appeared in various romances from the 15th century, and in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield (1850). In Scotland, Clara has been used as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Sorcha meaning and origin. The form Clarissa is borne by the heroine of Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa (1748). The name has been used as the feminine form of name Clarence meaning despite the difference in etymology. Clare is the feminine form of the English and French short names for Clair. The name Clare is widely used; it has 35 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include name Clair meaning, baby name Clairine, name Clar meaning, Clara pronounciation (used in Catalan, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish as well), name Claretha meaning, Clari name popularity, nicknames for Clarie, short names for Clarina (used in German as well), meaning of Clarinda, Clarine definition, name Clarissa meaning (used in German and Italian as well), baby name Clarisse (used in French as well), Clarita pronounciation (used in Spanish as well), meaning of Claritza, baby name Clarizza, and name Lara. Other English forms include the diminutives Clarette name popularity (used in French as well), meaning of Clarice (used in French as well), name Clarrie origin, and what does the name Clarry mean. Forms used in foreign languages include the Italian baby name Chiara, the French name Clairette meaning, the Spanish Clareta name, the German meaning of Clarinde, the Spanish short names for Clarisa, the Hawaiian Kalea pronounciation, the Dutch Klaartje meaning of name, the Czech, German, Latvian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Ukrainian Klara name, the Hungarian and Slavic meaning of Klarika, the German baby name Klarina, the German and Latinized Klarissa meaning of name, the Czech and Hungarian Klára meaning and origin, and the Hungarian Klárisza name variations. The diminutive Claretta definition (Italian) is another foreign form. See also the related forms, the English Claribel name, the English Clarity name popularity. Clare is an all-time favorite. At present it is still a rather popular baby girl name, but not as much as it was in the past. The name increased in popularity from the 1980s up to the 1990s. Its usage peaked in 1998 with 0.026% of baby girls being named Clare. It had a ranking of #499 then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #684 with a usage of 0.021%. Among the family of girl names directly related to Clare, Claire name variations was the most commonly used. It was more commonly used than Clare by 12 times in 2010. In the last century Clare has mainly been a baby girl name. There were 4 times more baby girls than boys who were named Clare in 1941.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Clare:

the English Clair name, the name Klair meaning, the name Klaire definition, the English and French name Claire meaning, the name name Clar origin, the Czech and Hungarian Klára meaning and origin, the name name Kylar, the name Callyr name, the Catalan, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish short names for Clara, the English name Clari, the English name Clarie, the name Clora meaning of name, the name name Cloree meaning, the name meaning of Clorey, the name what does the name Clori mean, the name meaning of Clorie, the name Clory definition, the Basque Kalare meaning of name, the name Kellar meaning of name, and the name Keller name popularity.

The baby name Clare fun facts:

The name Clare in reverse order is "Eralc".

The numerological value of the name Clare is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Clare?

Clare is in the top names in USA.