Clare (given name)

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Gender	Usually female
Origin
Word/Name	French/Latin
Meaning	bright, clear
Other names
Related names	Clara, Clair/ Claire, Clarissa

Clare is a given name, the Medieval English form of Clara.^[1] The related name Clair was traditionally considered male, especially when spelled without an 'e',^[2] but Clare and Claire are usually female.

It may sometimes be given in association with the Irish County Clare. That name was derived through the de Clare family, from the village of Clare, Suffolk, possibly named from Latin clarus for the "clear" nature of the stream that flows through the town.^[3]

Women with the given name Clare

• Saint Clare of Assisi, foundress of the Order of Poor Ladies (Poor Clares) and companion of Saint Francis
• Saint Clare of Montefalco, Augustinian Catholic saint
• Blessed Clare of Rimini, beatified Poor Clare nun
• Clare Balding, sports presenter
• Clare Buckfield, English actress
• Clare Eichner, American distance runner
• Clare Martin, Australian politician
• Clare Nasir (born 1970), British meteorologist
• Clare Short, British politician
• Clare Venema, Australian model
• Clare Sheldon-Williams, Australian artist

Fictional characters

• Clare in the British comic strip Clare in the Community
• Clare, the main character from the manga and anime Claymore
• Clare (Power Rangers) in the series Power Rangers: Mystic Force
• Clare Abshire in the novel The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Clare Arnold in Beverly Hills, 90210
• Clare Devine in British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Clare Edwards in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Clare Quilty in Lolita
• Clare Kendry in Nella Larsen's Passing

Men with the given name Clare

• George "Clare" Martin (1922–1980), Canadian ice hockey player

See also

• Clare (surname)
• Clare (disambiguation)
• Clara (given name)
• Claire (given name)

References

1. ^ Clare at Behind the Name
2. ^ Clair at Behind the Name
3. ^ Keith Briggs, "Clare, Clere, and Clères", Journal of the English Place-Name Society, 41, 7-25 (2009).

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