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We had picked Claire for a girl, so of course I love it. To me this spelling is much better than Clare, which seems masculine.
Clara is pretty too, but a little old-fashioned.

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I love how Claire means "clear," and toyed with something like Stella (star) or Celeste (celestial or sky) to complete the theme. Couldn't come up with a combo that worked, though, so settled on Claire Elizabeth or Claire Marie.

I like Clara much better. I even like the spelling Claira. I don't like Clare at all. I think it has to do with the Breakfast Club.

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Britney Tamber
*DH: Adam Jeffrey*

I like Clara, but I think I prefer Clare -- it's so simple and understated. Clara is very nice, but it's frillier.

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-- Sarah

I think that Clara is a nice name (and I like it about the same as Claire; I think both forms are great).

I have always...

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loved Clara. Claire is nice but Clara all the way.

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My Favorite Names:

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Girls: Sabriel, Serafina, Augustine, Katriana, Arianna, Adelina, Audriana, Catriona, Josceline, Avianna, Mariana, Artemis, Taianna, Genevieve, and Keira.

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Boys: Keiran, Quinn, Silas, Gavin, Aidan, Vincent, Cedric, Rowan, Mica, Xavier, Ian, Finley, Damian, Laika, and Kaidan.

I prefer Clara to Cla(i)re

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“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain

Clara is fine, although it has a slight "old-fashioned" feel; it also reminds me of Heidi. It is slightly better than Claire, which I like best as a mn.

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"The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything." ~~ Theodore Roosevelt

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Loving Theodore and Chloe!

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I prefer Clara to Claire/Clare for sure.

This may already be obvious but I love the name Clara! Hehe. And I definately like it more than Claire/Clare!

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Clara Jayne Aroha
EDD: 4/12/06

I love Clare, and while I don't dislike it, I'm not overly fond of Clara. It's pretty, but my love of Clare is too strong. I don't think it has a great flow in and of itself, and I have a mental voice image of an old lady screaming CLARRR-UH! (emphasis on the "AR" sound) sort of like the neighbor used to scream "Abner" on the TV show Bewitched, if that helps. :)

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Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

This message was edited 8/21/2006, 9:16 PM

I only like Claire as a mn :)

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Cassie Anne (not Cassandra!)
Fiance to Grant Stephen
Mum to Hayley Anne :)
D.O.B: 8th October, 2004

I love Clara, but only if pronounced KLAR-a. I like KLAIR-a, all right, but KLAR-a is just much mroe appealing to me. it's a lovely name in any case, and I also like Claire (prefer Clara).

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Hannah LAWR-a
"A man can convince anyone he's somebody else, but never himself."
~The Usual Suspects.

I love Clara and Claire. I think I'd use Clara before Claire, though. I just like how it sounds sort of Southern. Names with an old-fashioned, Southern flair are good imo. =)

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"The dog is a gentleman; I hope I go to his heaven, not man's."
- Mark Twain.

I LOVE the name Clara. I like Claire, but it's not nearly as nice as Clara imo. It's old-fashioned but not unheard of or terribly outdated to me. It's also easy to spell and pronounce, etc. I've liked it since I was a little girl and saw The Nutcracker ballet. :)

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~Heather~
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix

Clara is lovely, and I also like Claire.

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I love Clara, and I also love Claire and Claira. Claira spelled this way makes more sense to me; I have a tendency to pronounce Clara "CLAHR-a" and Claira "CLAIRE-a".

My niece is Clare, so I'm biased. All three are great names, but Clare is my favorite.

I like Clara because it's less used than Claire in my opinion and it does have a pretty sound.

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Jack Tobias / Jack Aubrey & Charlotte Arabella "You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one."