Claire Forename
1,031st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 896,603 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Claire Forename User-submission:
The French version of the Latin name Clara. It meas 'clear' and 'bright'. It is the feminine form of Clarus. Clara is a more modern spelling, formerly the spelling Clare was more frequent. Clare was the name of several saints, the most prominent being Clare of Assisi, the founder of the Poor Clares order.
Read More About This ForenameClaire Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 220,790 | 1:252 | 43 |
| France | 100% | 204,853 | 1:324 | 90 |
| United States | 100% | 119,343 | 1:3,038 | 520 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 30,698 | 1:370 | 63 |
| Canada | 100% | 26,183 | 1:1,265 | 291 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 23,131 | 1:934 | 177 |
| Philippines | 98% | 22,240 | 1:4,767 | 809 |
| Scotland | 100% | 20,758 | 1:258 | 60 |
| Australia | - | 18,944 | 1:721 | 164 |
| Wales | 100% | 13,052 | 1:237 | 42 |
| Burundi | 100% | 13,034 | 1:760 | 233 |
| Ireland | 100% | 12,970 | 1:358 | 68 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 12,949 | 1:5,701 | 695 |
| Belgium | 100% | 12,279 | 1:936 | 219 |
| Uganda | 100% | 11,616 | 1:3,526 | 441 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 9,371 | 1:2,522 | 595 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,172 | 1:5,946 | 1,116 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,557 | 1:5,412 | 833 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 8,438 | 1:11,562 | 1,667 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,343 | 1:544 | 122 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,652 | 1:2,209 | 438 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7,123 | 1:259 | 52 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6,768 | 1:1,214 | 259 |
| Sudan | - | 6,148 | 1:6,149 | 934 |
| Benin | 100% | 5,514 | 1:1,918 | 440 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 5,145 | 1:3,572 | 487 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,486 | 1:20,099 | 2,759 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,287 | 1:3,263 | 496 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,581 | 1:35,607 | 2,288 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,535 | 1:38,137 | 1,271 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,998 | 1:2,817 | 509 |
| Malta | - | 1,858 | 1:231 | 35 |
| China | - | 1,804 | 1:757,237 | 30,760 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,730 | 1:7,860 | 1,235 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,712 | 1:9,917 | 834 |
| Togo | - | 1,648 | 1:4,393 | 732 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,641 | 1:3,053 | 500 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,556 | 1:137,684 | 6,910 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,515 | 1:20,338 | 2,686 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,203 | 1:1,566 | 378 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 974 | 1:23,692 | 2,071 |
| Morocco | 100% | 928 | 1:37,014 | 1,758 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 919 | 1:7,782 | 879 |
| Poland | 100% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Spain | 100% | 832 | 1:55,925 | 2,135 |
| Israel | 100% | 695 | 1:12,091 | 1,408 |
| Jamaica | - | 693 | 1:4,161 | 715 |
| Qatar | 100% | 616 | 1:3,847 | 586 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 574 | 1:18,173 | 1,772 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 573 | 1:471 | 116 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 557 | 1:2,444 | 470 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 553 | 1:321,093 | 11,703 |
| Senegal | 97% | 525 | 1:27,774 | 1,462 |
| Ghana | - | 506 | 1:53,332 | 2,793 |
| Singapore | 100% | 478 | 1:13,153 | 2,570 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 445 | 1:1,268 | 245 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 423 | 1:71,986 | 5,487 |
| Portugal | - | 415 | 1:25,086 | 1,101 |
| Mexico | 99% | 391 | 1:317,505 | 4,471 |
| Italy | 100% | 384 | 1:159,016 | 2,462 |
| French Polynesia | - | 368 | 1:755 | 166 |
| Malawi | 100% | 360 | 1:47,534 | 3,231 |
| Sweden | 100% | 348 | 1:28,327 | 1,781 |
| Suriname | 100% | 345 | 1:1,602 | 361 |
| Zambia | - | 335 | 1:47,328 | 3,046 |
| Guinea | - | 329 | 1:36,045 | 1,376 |
| Peru | 99% | 326 | 1:97,520 | 3,545 |
| Vanuatu | - | 318 | 1:823 | 223 |
| Guyana | 100% | 310 | 1:2,462 | 485 |
| Hong Kong | - | 307 | 1:25,253 | 2,314 |
| Bahrain | - | 281 | 1:4,800 | 775 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 281 | 1:225 | 48 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 270 | 1:30,194 | 3,012 |
| Jersey | 100% | 261 | 1:383 | 87 |
| Taiwan | 59% | 252 | 1:94,324 | 11,449 |
| Greece | 100% | 249 | 1:43,914 | 1,606 |
| Kuwait | - | 247 | 1:15,325 | 1,724 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 241 | 1:125,319 | 5,289 |
| Denmark | - | 239 | 1:23,638 | 1,291 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 233 | 1:66,197 | 5,333 |
| South Korea | 100% | 230 | 1:24,106 | 2,150 |
| Colombia | 100% | 205 | 1:233,068 | 5,107 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Iran | - | 171 | 1:459,046 | 5,772 |
| Barbados | - | 156 | 1:1,858 | 415 |
| Japan | - | 148 | 1:864,771 | 14,166 |
| Austria | 100% | 139 | 1:61,253 | 1,662 |
| Norway | 100% | 130 | 1:39,479 | 1,789 |
| India | 85% | 129 | 1:9,417,659 | 289,144 |
| Guam | - | 119 | 1:1,350 | 305 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 116 | 1:799 | 190 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 111 | 1:11,692 | 1,416 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 110 | 1:1,766,888 | 25,145 |
| Ecuador | - | 104 | 1:170,451 | 3,186 |
| Gibraltar | - | 95 | 1:359 | 72 |
| Bahamas | - | 94 | 1:4,249 | 729 |
| Russia | 97% | 92 | 1:1,567,758 | 11,487 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 88 | 1:9,899 | 876 |
| Chile | 99% | 87 | 1:202,382 | 3,709 |
| Bermuda | - | 75 | 1:864 | 184 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 75 | 1:3,439,516 | 151,863 |
| Monaco | 100% | 70 | 1:550 | 98 |
| Botswana | 100% | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 68 | 1:70,117 | 2,673 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Jordan | 99% | 64 | 1:137,918 | 2,317 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 63 | 1:1,742 | 356 |
| Czechia | 100% | 62 | 1:171,874 | 1,478 |
| Argentina | 100% | 54 | 1:792,097 | 4,635 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 54 | 1:10,758 | 1,056 |
| Palestine | 100% | 52 | 1:87,501 | 1,795 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 49 | 1:1,077,313 | 20,210 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 47 | 1:3,783 | 656 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:1,393 | 313 |
| Finland | 100% | 39 | 1:140,594 | 2,829 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 36 | 1:2,572,864 | 3,269 |
| Estonia | 100% | 34 | 1:38,688 | 2,486 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,078 | 245 |
| Grenada | 100% | 28 | 1:3,862 | 674 |
| Turkey | 100% | 28 | 1:2,778,632 | 16,815 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Panama | 100% | 26 | 1:150,252 | 6,399 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Iceland | 100% | 23 | 1:15,914 | 1,219 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,928 | 471 |
| Cambodia | - | 17 | 1:957,255 | 15,446 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| Honduras | 100% | 15 | 1:587,831 | 8,292 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 15 | 1:5,668 | 187 |
| Niger | 100% | 14 | 1:1,370,285 | 19,237 |
| Oman | - | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Guatemala | - | 11 | 1:1,464,403 | 5,160 |
| Hungary | 100% | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 11 | 1:657,891 | 5,571 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 11 | 1:311,603 | 4,655 |
| Algeria | - | 10 | 1:3,817,672 | 8,659 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 10 | 1:632 | 157 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 9 | 1:1,503 | 36 |
| Belize | 100% | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Nepal | - | 6 | 1:4,747,892 | 50,788 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Belarus | - | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Clairé (10), Clairê (5), Clairè (1) & Cláire (1) are calculated separately.
Claire (20,340) may also be a surname.
Claire Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The French version of the Latin name Clara. It meas 'clear' and 'bright'. It is the feminine form of Clarus. Clara is a more modern spelling, formerly the spelling Clare was more frequent. Clare was the name of several saints, the most prominent being Clare of Assisi, the founder of the Poor Clares order.
- Anna Claire SorensenClaire is a Latin female given name, which means 'bright', 'famous'.
- claire.bethThis name means 'fame', 'bright', 'famous', 'brilliant'.
- claire.bethClaire Forename Popularity
Claire Demographics
Average Claire Salary in
United States
$46,843 USD
Per year
Rank:
161,382 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0338959
Rank: 486 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
107.61%
Sample size: 59,651 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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