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Boring and dated to the 80s here.

I feel the same way you do, but right now I'm leaning towards boring. It reminds me of Claire from Project Runway.

I like Claire, don't think it's boring. And I much prefer this spelling to Clare.

I love it. I have only known a couple in my life and so it doesn't seem overused or boring to me.

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It's my big cousin's name and she's one of my favorite humans in the whole world and I will almost definitely use it as a middle name for a future daughter, although I do love it as a first name. It's solid, not all light and airy, and it's elegant.

I like all Claire variants. I think Claire itself looks solid, yet light and classy.

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My daughter (Clarisse) prefers to go by Clare than Clarisse, and I only spell it Clare for continuity to the spelling of her actual name. Had I named her Clare... I would have spelled it Claire.

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While I don't find Claire boring, I will say that I prefer Clarisse or Clarice myself. Clarion I prefer over all.

All I could think about when I hear it is Bender saying that it’s a fat girls name.

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I don’t like it. I much prefer Clara. Or Clarice. Or Clarissa. Literally any other variant!

My niece's middle name. I think it's nice as a middle, kind of blah as a first. I like it, though.

Clare is elegant and simple; Claire is faux-French and fussed-up.

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I'd use Clare as a mn any day, but not as a fn because there can be pronunciation issues locally.

I vote for "plain boring." It's not bad, but I don't see anything special about it. Plus it makes me think of eclairs, and I don't particularly like when a name makes me think of food.

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My sister had a really weird friend in high school named Claire, so there's also that association, but that's just me.

I love Claire. It's elegant and simple. :)

Claire is pretty and sparkly. I like it a lot. She packs a punch without being too glitzy and in your face. (If you're a fantasy fan, watch Outlander and you'll never find Claire boring again)

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Claire Winona
Claire Maria
Claire Victoria
Claire Cecilia
Claire Diana
Claire Francesca
Claire Juliet
Claire Ruby
Claire Jasmine
Claire Vincenza
Claire Rosalind
Claire Isabel
Claire Genevieve
Claire Ariadne
Claire Naomi
Claire Sitara
Claire Lucia
Claire Lynette
Claire Bianca
Claire Xanthe
Claire Cassandra

It's better than Clara for sure. But I think it's kind of a weak, watery name, also downbeat. And the way it's put together, it just doesn't slip off the tongue smoothly. It looks and sounds like it ought to, one syllable with soft sounds after one crisp sound, but it just doesn't quite work.