What kind of girl/woman do you imagine when you think of the name Clara?

[Mumof3ladies]

As the title says...my other half loves the name..im not completely sold.

What do you guys think?

I love the name Clara, ever since I read David Copperfield at school for my English Lit, many years ago.
It's a beautiful name, very classic.

A librarian. Middle aged, straight brown hair, round glasses, quite prim & proper.

Headgirl

I think of someone quite polished and "together".

I like it. I would group it together with names like Olivia, Sofia and Grace; popular, but still elegant and classic rather than trendy / cutesy.

I know one little Clara and one adult (mid thirties). Both are lovely fwiw!

I have an Clara. Irish relatives ask if we named her after the river or mountain lol!

Wonderful name, makes me think of Clara from Back to the Future III- kind and very intelligent.

Dowdy Maiden Aunt from America. I really dislike the name.

I only know one and she's a monumental snob, so that sadly colours my view of the name.

Long Distance Clara from Pigeon Street springs straight to my mind! shows age

I'd instantly think it's a German name.

You're going to hate me....the one I used to know was a neurotic alcoholic so that's what I think of. Sorry.

An intelligent professional woman with much to say if you asked her.

Congratulations OP

Dr Who's infernally annoying universal-vagina-womanliness-power companion who Just Wouldn't Die no matter how many times viewers thought she'd picked up her final paycheck.

If you call a new baby Clara in this decade, you're giving her a lifetime of having to answer the question as to whether or not she was named after the Dr Who character. (I do actually have a mate called Sarah Jane who was named after Elizabeth Sladen's character and she is very tired of being asked...)

Heidi’s friend.

Long Distance Clara for me as well.

Elegant, composed, confident, in control of her life.

I like it, but it does make me thinking of a strapping horsey type who's never out of jodphurs.

We have a 2yo Clara - nobody has ever asked if she's named after the dr who character......

I really like it. In fact I may steal it for my 7 week bump list!

I love it and DS 2 would have been one of a girl. I have Clare as a middle name and it has stood the test of time but I still love Clara.

Interestingly people have mentioned associating it with babies, teens and older ladies. So it looks like a bake that would suit her at all ages.

A bake? = a name