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Clare

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swanandduck · 22/12/2010 16:55

Classical or boring?

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greenzebra · 21/02/2011 11:28

Its my name and that spelling to, I used to hate it at school but that was because it was way to popular then, not so much now. I like my name now, my DH calls me Clare de lune after the debussy classic clair de lune, beautiful bit of music.
Clare means clear and bright.

muminthemiddle · 20/02/2011 23:50

I like it and wanted to be Clair as a child!!

Btw all the Claire/Clare/Clairs I know are really great people.

JagoJackie · 20/02/2011 23:37

Simple and pretty. More unusual now that it was a few years ago - she won't have umpteen of them in her class

Jellyrollgumdrop · 20/02/2011 20:25

Another Claire here, dont mind it so much now but hated it when I was growing up. I was the only one in school & wanted to be called Victoria Confused as I thought it sounded 'posh'!!!

TheOldestCat · 16/02/2011 22:32

Love it (it's DD's middle name and she is named for a fiesty, funny, kind and lovely Clare). Classic and elegant.

girlscout · 16/02/2011 22:26

Beautiful!

womma · 16/02/2011 22:21

you can't go wrong really!

riojaguzzler · 16/02/2011 22:05

A bit dull really- but so were the Clares that I went to school with!

tammytoby · 16/02/2011 21:55

Clare is lovely - feminine and classic.

BelligerentGhoul · 16/02/2011 21:46

I think it's lovely but prefer it as Claire.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 16/02/2011 21:46

My middle name. I have mixed feelings towards it. Never liked it all that much, but I could've had a worse middle name. I think it does have a certain appeal now, though.

I have said this on other threads, that because I was born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s, I know quite a few 'Claire/Clares' and I see it as the name of my contemporaries - so I find it hard to imagine it a name for a mature woman (in their 50s/60s/70s) but that might just be me.

YouNeverCanTell · 16/02/2011 19:01

How kind.

LiquoriceLila · 16/02/2011 18:42

So dreary and dull...

YouNeverCanTell · 16/02/2011 18:27

My 8 year-old dd is a Clare: the only one in her school. In fact, the only child Clare I had come across until recently when I met another two others (slightly younger). Just call me a trendsetter!

Lots of people do spell it with an i but only those who don't know us/her well and once they know it's not a hard name to spell!!

I chose the name because of the meaning and I love it more and more. It suits her really well and I see her carrying it into elegant, graceful, accomplished adulthood.

piprabbit · 29/12/2010 15:53

P.S. I knew a girl at school who was in a year with lots of Clares. Her nickname was Cyclops...because she was Claire with an I (boom, boom).

piprabbit · 29/12/2010 15:43

There are an awful lot of 30-something Clare/Claire/Clairs around.
But I've not heard it being used among young children recently.
I think it's a really pretty name.

Sazisi · 29/12/2010 15:34

DD2's middle name is Clare, after the Irish county (roots). I like it spelt both ways; I wouldn't worry about the having to spell it issue.. I'm a Sarah and always having to specify the 'h', you get Ann and Anne, there are umpteen ways to spell Isabel!

Komondor · 29/12/2010 15:26

Classic

Narketta · 28/12/2010 23:07

I'm a Clare and i've always thought my name boring

Lonnie · 28/12/2010 22:58

It is beautiful and she will be the only one with that name. She will however spend her life being asked " with or without an i?"

FAOnTelly · 28/12/2010 19:41

Lovely name, although I much prefer it without the 'i'. Reminds me of County Clare in Ireland - a beautiful place.

girlscout · 28/12/2010 15:30

Lovely name and spelling,go for it.

scrivette · 28/12/2010 14:45

Another Clare here, I love the name, especially as it is unusual now, although I was always one of a few at school.

I hate it when it is pronounced Calaire though!

bulby · 28/12/2010 01:12

Or there is also 'clair' I think it is such a simple name and for that reason it's one of my favourites. You can't have pre conceptions about a Claire/Clare/clair. Well other than the parents must have loved Gilbert osullivan!

Clary · 28/12/2010 01:09

You'll get a lot of "I'm a Clare" on this (oh, I see you have) which should tell you something...

It's my middle name btw.

I have about 25 people on my phone (sad bastard). Four of them are called Clare.

If someone rings me up and says "It's Clare" there are at least seven people it could reasonably be (so I have to busk for a bit while they tell me enough info to work out which it is! Grin).

DD and DS2 both had a Clare teaching them in yr 2 and then yr 3. Not the same Clares either!

What I am saying is that it was very very popular 35-45 yrs ago. Does this bother you?How can I know. But it's a bit like calling yr DD Karen or Julie; or yr DS Dave, Steve, Mark, Paul or Martin.

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