Meaning and origin of Claire

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Meaning and origin of Claire

Origin: French
Meaning: Clear, bright. A variant of the English Clara. Famous bearer: British actress Claire Bloom.
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Variant of Clara: From the feminine form of the Latin adjective 'clarus' meaning bright or clear. Also distinguished. Famous bearer: Twelfth century St Clare (or Clara) of Assisi founded the Poor Clares order of nun.
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Meaning and origin of Claire

The boy's and girl's name Claire \c-lai-re\ is pronounced clare. It is of French and Latin origin, and its meaning is "famous". French form of Clara. Introduced to Britain by the Normans, but then abandoned. This spelling was revived in the 19th century as a variant of Clare as in Saint Clare of Assisi (13th century), founder of a Franciscan order of nuns and one of the notable saints of the medieval period. Writer Clare Booth Luce; actresses Clara Bow, Claire Bloom, Claire Danes.
Claire has 61 variant forms: Ceara, Cearra, Cheeara, Chiara, Ciara, Ciarra, Clair, Claireen, Clairene, Claireta, Clairette, Clairey, Clairice, Clairinda, Clairissa, Clairita, Clairy, Clara, Clarabel, Clarabelle, Clare, Clarene, Claresta, Clareta, Claretta, Clarey, Clari, Claribel, Claribella, Claribelle, Clarice, Clarie, Clarinda, Clarine, Clarisa, Clarissa, Clarisse, Clarita, Claritza, Clarrie, Clarry, Clary, Claryce, Clayre, Clayrette, Clayrice, Clayrinda, Clayrissa, Clerissa, Cliara, Clorinda, Klaire, Klara, Klaretta, Klarissa, Klaryce, Klayre, Kliara, Klyara, Seara and Searra.
Baby names that sound like Claire are Klarra, Glaurea, Glaura and Klari.
Claire is a very popular female first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Meaning and origin of Claire

Claire
French
Female
Clear,illuminated
Meaning & Origin
Claire is a French girl name.
The meaning of the name is `Clear, Illuminated`.
Where is it used?
The name Claire is mainly used in French.
The name Abby is mainly used in English.
Clara (In English, Italian, German and in Portuguese)
Clare (In English)
See also
In Scandinavian: Klair
Stastics
The name Claire was given to 3557 babies in the USA in 2004. Claire was the number 210 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 3298 babies making it the number 98 name that year.
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