Claire - due a comeback??

[RosaSkye]

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Not for another 50 years or so.

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

I think Clare and Claire are both very pretty.

I really like it

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

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

I like it and think it would work well now.

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

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

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!!!

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

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.

It always reminds me of The Breakfast Club.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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