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Traditionally male, but in modern times more often female Clair, Clare, Clara, Clarissa |
Claire or Clair /ˈklɛər/ is a given name of Latin/Viking origin via French; the name could mean "clear" or "famous". The word still means clear in French in its feminine form.
Its popularity in the United Kingdom peaked during the 1970s and 1980s; in 1974 it was the second most popular female first name and in 1984 was still sixth, but by 1997 it had fallen out of the top 100 after several years of sharply declining popularity.
The name was traditionally considered male, specifically when spelt Clair; however, it is now commonly used as a female name and is usually spelt Claire.
Princess Claire of Belgium (born 1974)
Claire Boucher (born 1988), Canadian musician
Claire Buffie (born 1986), American photographer
Claire Chazal (born 1956), French journalist
Claire Cunningham (born 1977), Scottish choreographer
Claire Danes (born 1979), American actress
Claire Donahue, American swimmer
Claire Etcherelli (born 1934), French novelist
Claire Forlani (born 1972), English actress
Claire Harris (born 1937), Canadian poet
Claire Hodgkins (born 1929), American virtuoso violinist
Claire Holt (born 1988), Australian actress
Claire Hooper (born 1976), Australian comedian
Claire Lacombe (born 1765), French actress
Claire Martin (writer) (born 1914), pseudonym of Canadian author Claire Montreuil
Claire Martin (meteorologist), British-born television weather presenter, now living in Canada
Claire Martin (singer) (born 1967), British jazz singer
Claire McCardell (1905–1958), American fashion designer
Claire McCaskill (born 1953), Senator from Missouri
Claire Rayner (born 1931), English journalist and agony aunt
Claire Rutter (born 1976), English soprano
Claire Skinner (born 1965), British actress
Claire Summers, Welsh news presenter
Claire Tiltman (1977–1993), English murder victim
Clair in the Pokémon universe
Claire Bennet in the TV series Heroes
Claire Dunphy in the TV series Modern Family
Claire Farron, aka Lightning, protagonist in the video game Final Fantasy XIII
Claire Fisher in the TV series Six Feet Under
Claire Foley in the Professor Layton universe
Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser, the heroine of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series
Claire Dearing in the movie Jurassic World
Clair Huxtable in the TV series The Cosby Show
Claire Kyle in the TV series My Wife and Kids
Claire Littleton in the TV series Lost
Claire Lyons in the novel series The Clique
Claire Novak in the TV series Supernatural
Claire Redfield in the video game series Resident Evil
Claire Setilan, an antagonist in the video game Magna Carta 2
Claire Standish in The Breakfast Club (Motion Picture)
Claire Temple in the TV series Daredevil
Claire Underwood in the TV series House of Cards
Lt. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault (1893–1958), American aviator, WW2 commander of the "Flying Tigers"
Clair Cameron Patterson (1922–1995), American geochemist, developer of the lead-lead isotopic dating method who calculated the age of the Earth as 4.55 billion years
Clair George (1930–2011), veteran officer of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Clair Huffaker (1926–1990), American author
Claire Stanfield in the light novel series Baccano!
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