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♀ Clare (girl)
What does Clare mean?
Clare 
as a girls' name (also used less generally as boys' name Clare) is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Clare is "bright, famous". The regular English form of Clara since the Middle Ages. Also form of Claire. Also form of Clarissa.
STARTS WITH Cla-
ASSOCIATED WITH bright (light)
Variations
VARIANT Mariclare
RELATED FORMS VIA CLARA Chiara, Claire▲, Claretha, Claretta, Claribel, Clarice▼, Clarie, Clarina, Clarine, Clarita, Clarrie, Clarry, Klara, Klarra
MASCULINE FORM Clarence
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Clane, ..
(male) Claer, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Clare Grecia (C.G.), ..
How popular is Clare?
Clare is a very prominent first name for females (#796 out of 4276, Top 19%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#7328 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Clare reached its apex rank of #392 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is at #759 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Clare (#759 IN 2018) are Claire (#49), Clara (#103), Clarissa (#742), Chiara (#1391), Klara (#1626), Claretha, Claretta, Claribel, Clarice, Clarine and Clarita. Other variants, like Klarra, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Clare was common 138 years ago (USAGE OF 1.4%) and has become significantly lower since (USAGE 0.5%, 66% LESS). Claire has been the most prevalent, while versions such as Clarissa have become less popular.
Similar Names
Clare is pronounced similarly to Clair, Clayre, Klaire and Klayre. Other recommended sound-alike names are Adare, Alfre, Blaire▲, Blayre, Cade, Cara▼, Caree, Carel, Caren▼, Carey▼, Cari▼, Carie▼, Carle, Caro, Cary▼, Cate, Caye, Ceara, Char, Chara, Charee, Chari, Charie, Charle, Charo, Chere, Ciara▼, Claea, Clairey, Clairy, Clarene, Claresa, Clareta, Clarey, Clari, Claris, Clarise, Clary, Claryce, Claude, Cliara, Cloe▼, Clora, Clove, Elfre, Flore, Mare and Tiare. These names tend to be less commonly used than Clare.
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