I adore
Clare for a girl or a boy.
Claire does nothing for me. My great-grandfather was a
Robert Clair, which I think sounds horribly romantic. :)
I would use
Clare as a nickname for Clarence--again, on either gender.
Clarence is one of my guilty pleasure names, and while I wouldn't be likely to use it, I like the sound on either sex.
I just had a dream in which I had twins named
Virginia Imogene and
Scarlet Eugenie. Blech. ;)
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