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Clare (female)

Variants:Chiara (F) Clara (F) Clarissa (F) Sorcha (F)
Diminutive(s):Claribel (F)
Pet Name(s):Clarie (F) Clarrie (F)
Derivative(s):Clarette (F)
Can be spelt:Claire (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English, from Latin "bright, clear". Now more popular than Clara.

Used as the Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Sorcha, Latin "brightness".
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