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Claire, Clare, Clara, Clarice, Clarissa
by Zina (ZPeacock)
12/22/2022, 12:49 PM
Which would you use if you had to? Claire, Clare, Clara, Clarice, Clarissa? (Clarisse is also fine, but rarely mentioned.)
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- Róisín (guest)
12/23/2022, 2:12 PM
Oh, most definitely Clara! It's a longtime favorite of mine, and, in my opinion, has a certain charm that the other names don't. Though the other names are nice too, just not my style.
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- BeccyLeader2
12/23/2022, 1:45 AM
Clara definitely. I love Clara.Clara > Clarissa > Clarisse > Claire > Clare > ClariceI like Clarissa and Clarisse about the same, but the Clarice spelling looks clunky and elderly to me.Claire and Clare are fine but so boring.
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- Anneza   +2
12/22/2022, 11:12 PM
I would use Clare, even if I didn't have to.Claire is French and I'm not. Clara is OK in German but once again that's not me. Clarice and Clarissa are frillied up unnecessarily; Clarice seems the most dated of them all, at least where I am.
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- Dianatiger   +1
12/24/2022, 6:08 PM
I think perhaps we have talked about this before but Anneza do you think that we should only use names of our place of origin?
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- Anneza
12/24/2022, 10:28 PM
Do what you like. I don't like using names from outside my tradition, but plenty of people do it every day and why not? If you ask for my opinion, that is what you get: not me setting myself up as Lawgiver to the Universe.
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- Gaia (ciara23)
12/22/2022, 8:33 PM
Out of all of these I would choose Clara. Maybe Clarissa but meh.Claire is pretty as a spelling but kinda stale in sound Clare isn’t much better. Clarice is fine but I never liked it. Cool on somebody else.
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- Dianatiger
12/22/2022, 8:31 PM
I met a toddler Claire a few months ago. It's fine but feels very blase to me. Just fine. Nothing exciting. Clara would have impressed me more. I think there are several one syllable girl names I'll go to first before I arrive to Claire.
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- Dianatiger
12/22/2022, 8:28 PM
Love Clara, Clarisse, and Clarissa *dislike the Clarice variant it feels more clunky than Clarisse*
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- Grazz
12/22/2022, 6:15 PM
Claire Clare looks incomplete
Clara is more boring than Claire for some reason
The rest I find prissy
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- Mary R.
12/22/2022, 2:26 PM
Claire!
Honourable mentions: Clara & Clare
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- SPNFamily (Realisticmindxxx)
12/22/2022, 2:04 PM
None of those would probably be useable for me in reality, as I have a niece named Clara. Clara & Claire/Clare are especially out.
Maybe Clarice. But if I could, either Clara or Claire, for sure.

This message was edited 12/22/2022, 2:06 PM

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- guasguendi
12/22/2022, 1:51 PM
It's popular in my country as well, but I'd use Claire, honestly. It has that exotic vibe while being easily recognisable.
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- Kerilyntaryn21
12/22/2022, 1:39 PM
Clarissa, Claire, Clara
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- Impala1729
12/22/2022, 1:04 PM
Clara
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- ChanaRose
12/22/2022, 1:03 PM
Clara.Not on your list but I also like Clarity
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- New_Chloë (New_Chloe)   +1
12/22/2022, 1:00 PM
Clara, although my partner isn't crazy about it (it's very popular where they are from). Maybe we could compromise on Clare.
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- Zina (ZPeacock)
12/22/2022, 1:47 PM
It’s very popular where I am from, too!
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