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Claire - due a comeback??

86 replies

RosaSkye · 30/07/2023 17:32

I keep seeing Clara popping up here, so wondered if Claire itself was due a revival?

Obviously popular in the 80s but quite pretty to my ear and I can see it on a baby

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PickledScrump · 30/07/2023 18:04

Definitely not. Clara has a nice strong sound, Clare/Clair/Claire just seems nothingy and very dated.

LaurensArmpit · 30/07/2023 18:05

I prefer Claire to Clara. I think Clara is having Moment.

KirstenBlest · 30/07/2023 18:56

Claire/Clare doesn't sound very nice in many accents.

KirstenBlest · 30/07/2023 18:57

I don't like Clara said as Clah-ra, but it's quite sweet said as Clair-a

Watto1 · 30/07/2023 18:59

I was on holiday last year and my dd played with a little Clare aged about 4 . I think it’s cute! Millions of spellings though - Clare/Claire/ Clair and I even came across a nurse Klare when I was in hospital.

ThomasHardyPerennial · 30/07/2023 19:00

I really like Claire, it's a lovely name.

EmmaPaella · 30/07/2023 19:05

I like Claire. I prefer Clare. However, there were so many millions at my school that it escaped me how nice it is until recently.

RedToothBrush · 30/07/2023 19:06

Not for another 50 years or so.

For now Clara is the variant which is doing the rounds.

cariadlet · 30/07/2023 19:07

I think Clare and Claire are both very pretty.

PurpleSky09 · 30/07/2023 19:07

I really like it

pilates · 30/07/2023 19:08

Claire still sounds ok to me. It’s not like Sharon or Tracey.

RoseMartha · 30/07/2023 19:08

I like the name Claire, not that keen on Clara.

Tinytigertail · 30/07/2023 19:09

I like it and think it would work well now.

RegainingTheWill2023 · 30/07/2023 19:10

I really like Claire /Clare.
Prefer it to Clara.

Spidey66 · 30/07/2023 19:10

I much prefer Claire (my preferred spelling), Clare and Clair to Clara.

Spottybikehelmet · 30/07/2023 19:10

As a Claire all the different variants of spelling are annoying, and it has no easy short version. I also don’t like how it is pronounced in some accents so I hope it doesn’t get revived!!!

RosaSkye · 30/07/2023 19:28

Ohhh a mixed bag! I realise that following the 100 years naming trend there’s some way to go maybe before it’s super popular again…. but I do think it makes a lovely middle name with lots of current popular names

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RitzyMcFitzy · 30/07/2023 19:33

It's pretty popular in America at the moment. It'll certainly have a comeback here at some point. When the current crop of Claires are in their 80s.

RitzyMcFitzy · 30/07/2023 19:35

It always reminds me of The Breakfast Club.

claire is a fat girls name

BAHAHAHA SO FUNNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JwsIU368s

LadyKenya · 30/07/2023 19:36

I never liked that name. It is a bit meh.

FloweryWowery · 30/07/2023 19:39

I really like it and have thought it's time for a revival. A very spare name in a good way like Tess, Kate, Nell, Fay

KirstenBlest · 30/07/2023 19:46

It's nice the way they say it in the clip because you can hear that it has an r in it .
In lots of accents it sounds like Clair with no r so it just sounds like a noise.

It doesn't matter which spelling you have, it will get a different one.

MrsMoastyToasty · 30/07/2023 19:49

It was a 60s name. There were several Claires in my year group at school and we were born in the mid 60s.

Strange to think that it's becoming a granny name.

Finnygook · 30/07/2023 19:51

I love Claire/Claire and wanted to use it for my DD (2) but DH vetoed! He agreed on it as a middle name but it didn’t sound right with the name we chose.

I think it’s a name (like Kate) that sounds sweet on a small person but also ages well unlike a lot of names that are popular at the moment which are quite twee.

FrigginFrig · 30/07/2023 19:53

I can't help but say it in a Cilla Black voice....Clurr
😬
No, not due a comeback.

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