See also: claire and clairé

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Borrowed from French Claire, also a spelling variant of the English Clare.

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Claire

  1. A female given name from French.
    • 1887, Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Dead Man's Rock., BiblioBazaar,LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 198:
      "I told you I was called ,or that they called me Claire. Were you not surprised when you saw my name as Clarissa Lambert?"
      "Is that all?" I cried. "Why of course, I knew how common it is for actresses to take another name. I was even glad of it; for the name I know, your own name, is now a secret, and all the sweeter so. All the world admires Clarissa Lambert, but I alone love Claire Luttrell, and know that Claire Luttrell loves me."
    • 2006, Wendy Harmer, Farewell My Ovaries, Allen&Unwin, →ISBN, page 93:
      A woman named Claire should be able to describe the moon. Clair de Lune was of course one of Claire's favourite pieces of piano music.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Clare.
    • 1991, Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife, Ivy Books, →ISBN, page 203:
      When we arrived in Hangchow, all the pilots were honored at a big banquet given by that famous American general with a lady's name, Claire Chennault.

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French

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From Latin Clara, with transparent meaning in modern French (claire).

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  • IPA(key): /klɛʁ/
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Claire f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara
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Claire

  1. a female given name