Claire
\klɛʁ\♀French girl's name
A French girl's name of Latin origin.
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Pronunciation | \klɛʁ\ |
| Compound names | Anne-Claire, Claire-Alice, Claire-Anne, Claire-Élodie, Claire-Line, Claire-Lise, Claire-Noëlle, Marie-Claire |
Origin and meaning
From Latin Clara, with transparent meaning in modern French (claire).
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- United States
- Malta
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
Around the world
- GermanClara, Klara
- EnglishClare, Clara
- SpanishClara
- ItalianChiara
- PolishKlara
- PortugueseClara
- SwedishKlara
- CzechKlára
In literature
« D’abord tante Claire était la personne qui me gâtait le plus. »Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Wikimedia Commons (France), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).