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Claira

Claira: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“bright; clear”
Origin
Latin
Say it
KLAIR-uh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Claira is a variant spelling of Clara or Claire, from Latin clarus 'clear, bright, famous'. The exact spelling is less traditional than Claire or Clara.

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How popular is Claira?

202435.0 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 Claira in 2024116

2024 rank#1,740 girls

Peak year2014

Total US babies since 18802,616

Claira has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Claira

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Claireclear, bright · French
  • Claraclear, bright, famous · Latin
  • Kiarabright, clear · Italian
  • Clarissabright, clear · Latin
  • Chiaraclear; bright · Italian
  • Klaraclear, bright · Latin
  • Camilayoung ceremonial attendant · Latin
  • Lunamoon · Latin

Claira questions

What does the name Claira mean?

Claira means "bright; clear". It comes from Latin. Claira is a variant spelling of Clara or Claire, from Latin clarus 'clear, bright, famous'. The exact spelling is less traditional than Claire or Clara.

Is Claira a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Claira?

116 US babies were named Claira in 2024. Its peak year was 2014.

How do you pronounce Claira?

Claira is usually pronounced KLAIR-uh.

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.