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Chiara

Chiara: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“clear; bright”
Origin
Italian
Say it
kee-AH-ruh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Italian form of Clara, from Latin clarus 'clear, bright, famous.' Saint Chiara of Assisi is the Italian name of Saint Clare.

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How popular is Chiara?

202466.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Chiara in 2024219

2024 rank#1,112 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18805,699

Chiara is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Chiara

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Claireclear, bright · French
  • Claraclear, bright, famous · Latin
  • Kiarabright, clear · Italian
  • Clarissabright, clear · Latin
  • Clairabright; clear · Latin
  • Klaraclear, bright · Latin
  • Miamine; also Maria diminutive · Italian
  • IsabellaGod is my oath · Italian

Chiara questions

What does the name Chiara mean?

Chiara means "clear; bright". It comes from Italian. Italian form of Clara, from Latin clarus 'clear, bright, famous.' Saint Chiara of Assisi is the Italian name of Saint Clare.

Is Chiara a boy or girl name?

Chiara is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Chiara?

219 US babies were named Chiara in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Chiara?

Chiara is usually pronounced kee-AH-ruh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.