Claretha - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Claretha \c-lare-tha, cl(a)-retha\ is a variant of Clara (Latin), and the meaning of Claretha is "famous, brilliant".

The baby name Claretha sounds like Claretta and Clareta. Other similar baby names are Laretha, Klaretta, Clarita, Claireta, Clarette and Claressa.

Claretha is a somewhat common first name for women (#3660 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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