Meaning  The name Claire has the following meaning: Clara means "famously bright" in Latin. Once very popular, it has now fallen out of style. Not as popular as its variant 'Claire'.
This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name. Popularity
As a baby girl name, Claire is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 91 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Claire rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 9 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 53 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Claire in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins Related names The following names are baby names related to Claire and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Claire: Boys - Cicero, Marcus, Patrick, Roman, Rufus, Sergio, Titus, Girls - Almeta, Ardis, Ava, Belva, Celeste, Clora, Decima, Diva, Gillian, Karlie, Marsha, Maxine, Priscilla, Sabina, Sabine, Sabrina, Selina, Stella, Theodosia, Verdie, Both genders - AmandaVariants The name Claire is a variant of Clara. Other popular variants of the name Clara are: Claire (French), Clarahelle, Clare (English), Clareta, Claretha, Claretta, Claribel, Claribelle, Clarinda, Clarinde, Clarine, Clarita, Clarry, ClorindaStyle We think the name Claire should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Claire to be: A sweet and very feminine characterIn one word, you might describe Claire as a(n) " feminine" person. See other "feminine" names for boys and girls. |
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Meaning of name Claire
