Clarice Forename
Approximately 187,165 people bear this name
Clarice Forename Definition:
A female name. apparently a French derivative of Clara (q.v.). It occurs in England as early as 1199 (Claricia in a Latin document), and was not uncommon in the 13th and 14th C in the forms Clarice, Clarisse, and gave rise to the surnames Clarice, Claris, Clares, and also, as C.
Read More About This ForenameClarice Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 91,101 | 1:2,352 | 355 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 39,518 | 1:1,868 | 323 |
| United States | 100% | 21,723 | 1:16,689 | 1,467 |
| Angola | 100% | 8,368 | 1:3,223 | 562 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5,432 | 1:3,978 | 671 |
| England | 100% | 2,754 | 1:20,190 | 1,280 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,392 | 1:19,359 | 1,913 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,358 | 1:4,485 | 790 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,166 | 1:48,943 | 3,604 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,871 | 1:1,541 | 372 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,115 | 1:48,908 | 5,094 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 781 | 1:38,988 | 3,391 |
| Canada | 100% | 753 | 1:44,002 | 3,036 |
| Guinea | - | 753 | 1:15,749 | 909 |
| Senegal | 100% | 635 | 1:22,963 | 1,286 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 509 | 1:36,109 | 2,749 |
| Italy | 100% | 457 | 1:133,615 | 2,221 |
| Wales | 100% | 354 | 1:8,741 | 768 |
| Ghana | 100% | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 274 | 1:648,045 | 18,670 |
| Haiti | 100% | 271 | 1:39,583 | 2,773 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 266 | 1:57,984 | 4,835 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 264 | 1:87,409 | 5,522 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 235 | 1:30,795 | 1,547 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Cape Verde | - | 211 | 1:2,508 | 411 |
| Guyana | 100% | 165 | 1:4,626 | 852 |
| Singapore | 100% | 139 | 1:45,231 | 6,642 |
| Bahamas | - | 130 | 1:3,072 | 595 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Argentina | 100% | 94 | 1:455,034 | 3,533 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 90 | 1:90,581 | 8,400 |
| Barbados | - | 86 | 1:3,370 | 623 |
| Liberia | 100% | 84 | 1:52,525 | 2,741 |
| France | 100% | 83 | 1:800,847 | 6,924 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 59 | 1:3,254 | 604 |
| Australia | - | 58 | 1:235,476 | 5,406 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 58 | 1:1,892 | 385 |
| Germany | 100% | 50 | 1:1,933,558 | 11,368 |
| Suriname | 100% | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Zambia | - | 47 | 1:337,336 | 9,272 |
| Scotland | 100% | 42 | 1:127,390 | 2,729 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 40 | 1:34,035 | 3,464 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Hong Kong | - | 38 | 1:204,019 | 3,280 |
| India | 100% | 38 | 1:31,970,473 | 641,623 |
| Thailand | 100% | 38 | 1:1,843,837 | 53,473 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 37 | 1:456,813 | 11,669 |
| Spain | 100% | 37 | 1:1,257,567 | 9,556 |
| Guam | - | 35 | 1:4,590 | 836 |
| Grenada | 100% | 34 | 1:3,180 | 594 |
| New Zealand | - | 34 | 1:133,413 | 5,144 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 21 | 1:391,119 | 6,896 |
| Indonesia | - | 20 | 1:12,898,183 | 378,977 |
| Belgium | 100% | 19 | 1:604,739 | 9,016 |
| Ecuador | - | 16 | 1:1,107,932 | 8,230 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:2,232 | 502 |
| Peru | 100% | 13 | 1:2,445,496 | 23,318 |
| Sweden | 100% | 12 | 1:821,492 | 17,584 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 11 | 1:433,450 | 6,937 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 11 | 1:311,603 | 4,655 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| El Salvador | - | 8 | 1:792,723 | 5,723 |
| Mexico | 100% | 8 | 1:15,518,053 | 39,880 |
| Uganda | 100% | 8 | 1:5,119,615 | 45,522 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Romania | - | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Russia | 100% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Claricé (2) are calculated separately.
Clarice (2,957) may also be a surname.
Clarice Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. apparently a French derivative of Clara (q.v.). It occurs in England as early as 1199 (Claricia in a Latin document), and was not uncommon in the 13th and 14th C in the forms Clarice, Clarisse, and gave rise to the surnames Clarice, Claris, Clares, and also, as C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) shows, Claridge, Clarridge, Clardge, Clarges (he gives an example of the same person referred to in a Hundred Rolls of 1273 as Claricia and Clarugge). Clarice was popular on account of its occurrence in the romances, where it is the name of the wife of Rinaldo and sister of Huon of Bordeaux. The latinized form Clarissa was revived by Richardson in his novel Clarissa Harlowe.
Claricia Curia Regis Rolls 1199, Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1316, 1346, 1428. Clarice Hundred Rolls 1273. Clarugge (or Claricia) Hundred Rolls 1273. Clariscia Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.
Literally, ‘making famous,’ from Latin clarus, ‘renowned’ and -ix, the f. agent. At first Italian, the name travelled to France and England. Whence Clarissa.
A Latin name, meaning: Famous.
User-submitted Reference
This name means 'fame', 'bright', 'famous', 'brilliant'.
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Clarice Demographics
Average Clarice Salary in
United States
$37,302 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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