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Clare

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swanandduck · 22/12/2010 16:55

Classical or boring?

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SecretSlattern · 22/12/2010 16:56

beautiful Wink

SecretSlattern · 22/12/2010 16:56

and without the 'i' too!

Highlandgirl · 22/12/2010 17:43

Mmmm sorry but the only Clare I know is a total bitch.....!!!!

panettoinydog · 22/12/2010 17:44

Lovely

I'd gp for Claire though, I think

megsophandemma · 22/12/2010 17:45

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BelligerentYhoULE · 22/12/2010 17:46

Lovely as Claire - I just think it looks prettier then.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 22/12/2010 17:49

My middle name is Clare.

Always thought it was a bit bland, personally.

I do prefer it without the 'i' though.

CharlieBoo · 22/12/2010 17:52

People will always spell it with the 'i' though...

Hulababy · 22/12/2010 17:53

I'm a Claire. I don't mind my name. Its not a bad name. At the moment it feels quite a 70s name. As a negative I used to not like that I couldn't shorten it for a mn when a child.

catinthehat2 · 22/12/2010 17:59

Clares are overweening nutjobs IME.
But no reason why somebody somewhere can't bring up one who is normal Smile

BelligerentYhoULE · 22/12/2010 18:15

My best friend is a Claire. She is about as un-nut-jobby as it is possible to be.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 22/12/2010 18:17

very nice and much prefer without the i. Not sure why!

SproutsMakeTortoiseFart · 22/12/2010 18:19

My friend is a Clare and my middle name is Claire. I prefer it with the i. Don't mind it too much as a name.

RumourOfAHurricane · 22/12/2010 18:19

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usualsuspect · 22/12/2010 18:20

I like it

LetLoveRule · 22/12/2010 18:26

Clare is just lovely.

SecretSlattern · 22/12/2010 18:29

I don't get the added i in my name, but people do tend to spell it Clair (which I hate)

twirlymum · 22/12/2010 18:37

I always get the 'i' put in too. I was named after a place in Ireland, where my grandmother came from.

lollyheart · 22/12/2010 18:44

I'm a clare too Smile

I do like it and think it is due a come back.

CosmicClairey · 22/12/2010 18:45

I'm a Claire and I love it but I didn't when I was younger!! My mum didn't want to have the I in it but my dad registered me and put it in, telling my mum he HAD to have it in as I am the apple of his eye!! haha, he tells my mum absolutely ANYTHING and no doubt made it up on the way home!!! x

Greenwing · 22/12/2010 18:52

Pretty name - really like it (and she will have her own song too by Gilbert O'Sullivan).

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ValiumShimmer · 22/12/2010 19:00

Classic I guess, but ther are just so many of them and they are 'our' generation.. I mean if you have a Claire and an Isabel coming to play group, you expect the Claire to be the Mum and the Isabel to be the child.

I think it needs to rest for another ten years. But on the plus side, she would be the only one, and does it really matter if a bunch of women 30-40 years older than you don't find your name terribly exciting.

AnnOnimous · 22/12/2010 19:20

I like it with the i, so Claire, twas the name I wished I had as a child.

GrizzlyMacDuff · 22/12/2010 19:24

needs an 'i' in it, or else it looks wrong imo. But if you have irish connections, probably without the 'i' will be fine.

It is nice enough but a bit dated, and there are millions of them in my generation.

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