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Klara

Klara: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“clear, bright”
Origin
Latin
Say it
KLAHR-ah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Continental European spelling of Clara, from Latin clarus 'clear, bright, famous'. Klara is common in Germanic, Slavic, and Scandinavian languages.

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How popular is Klara?

202432.0 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 Klara in 2024108

2024 rank#1,846 girls

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 18802,973

Klara has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Klara

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
  • Clairabright; clear · Latin
  • Camilayoung ceremonial attendant · Latin
  • Lunamoon · Latin

Klara questions

What does the name Klara mean?

Klara means "clear, bright". It comes from Latin. Continental European spelling of Clara, from Latin clarus 'clear, bright, famous'. Klara is common in Germanic, Slavic, and Scandinavian languages.

Is Klara a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Klara?

108 US babies were named Klara in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Klara?

Klara is usually pronounced KLAHR-ah.

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.