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Claire - due a comeback??

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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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chalkyc2 · 30/07/2023 19:54

My late 1980s high school class - 2 Claire's, 3 Emma's, 3 Lucy's, 2 Sarah's. 2 Jenny's. Scattering of Vicky, Joanne, Alex, and Karen.

I reckon there's a good few years before these names come back!

Spottybikehelmet · 30/07/2023 19:54

FrigginFrig · 30/07/2023 19:53

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

Yup that’s the pronunciation I hate!

Lilisae · 30/07/2023 19:55

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Theoldwoman · 30/07/2023 22:44

It’s always been around.

I like Clare.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 30/07/2023 23:00

Gorgeous name. Just like it's fellow 70/80's stalwarts Sarah and Laura it has a classic sound with a romantic vibe to me. To be honest I'm surprised Claire ever went away to need a comeback - I guess it happened because it doesn't have the popular "ie/y" or "a/ah" ending. Having to spell it might be a pain though.

StellaOlivetti · 30/07/2023 23:03

I prefer Clare (favourite spelling) to Clara, it’s simpler and less fussy to my ears. I’d love to see it make a comeback.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 31/07/2023 00:35

I love Claire. Very pretty.

AnnaNims · 31/07/2023 00:40

I’m a 70s baby and I went to school with so many Clares/Claires. See also Sarah/Alison…

I think it’s dated at the moment, just as Phylis/Doris/Maureen was for our parents’ generation.

RedToothBrush · 31/07/2023 10:13

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.

The us didn't suffer the 70s and 80s Claire craze in the same way. Hence why it's popular now.

Sealover123 · 31/07/2023 21:41

I know a lot of people say it's a pretty name, but I've always disliked it strongly. Don't know why 🤷‍♀️

sadaboutmycat · 31/07/2023 21:58

I do hope you all realise that one day the Elises, Claras and Amber- Mais of today will be the Sharons and Traceys of future generations?
If you don't like a name there's no need to be rude about it.

HeidioftheAlps · 31/07/2023 21:59

I like it

HeidioftheAlps · 31/07/2023 22:05

Clare makes me think of the County in Ireland, the Cambridge University college and the saint.

zozueme · 31/07/2023 22:11

I like it. It's probably not likely to make a widespread comeback just yet but I think it would make a nice unusual option at the moment.

MissedItByThisMuch · 31/07/2023 22:12

I think it’s one of those strong-sounding unfrilly one syllable girl’s names that suits all ages. I love it.

Disclaimer - I am in Australia where it never really went away, I know Claires of all ages. So might be different here. Same with Sarah and Emma. Here they are classics that are always there in the background but not currently super-popular.

RubyWedding · 31/07/2023 22:19

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.

I was going to say this. My friend in Boston has a Claire. I remarked that it wasn't a name you heard very often in England and she explained that it's pretty popular in the US north now

fairymary87 · 31/07/2023 22:22

I'm a Claire in my 30's... finding some of these comments really funny!

RubyWedding · 31/07/2023 22:22

USA Baby Centre graph:

Claire - due a comeback??
RosesAndHellebores · 31/07/2023 22:32

I think it has a classic vibe. Clara is presently in vogue. Just as Alice replaced Alison, and Helena replaced Helen.

I think Shirley, Monica, Patsy, Marian, etc., will come back, followed by Susan, Angela and Sally, then Tracey, Deborah, Lynn.

Tracey has always seemed a pretty name.

Leafblow · 31/07/2023 22:48

There's nothing pretty or nice about it to me, its just a boring sound
Clare, blare, blah, bleh

Like Barb, Phil, June, Greg, nothing interesting and pretty dated for now.

RedToothBrush · 31/07/2023 22:58

RubyWedding · 31/07/2023 22:22

USA Baby Centre graph:

As I said upthread Claire is a weird one as the pattern for it is different in the US compared to the UK.

It the UK it peaked in the late 70s / early 80s.
In the US its almost the reverse pattern. It peaked there in the late 1920s / early 1930s.

So its following the 100 year rule quite well in the US.

And its why I don't think it will see a huge resergence in the UK just yet.

Half my midwives were called Claire/Clare. As in actually half of them. That alone is a good reason why it won't be peaking here anytime soon!

Buttercupsdaisiesdandelions · 31/07/2023 23:49

I love it. I think it's got a classic vibe.

continentallentil · 01/08/2023 01:40

Not yet, 2O years I’d guess, when the 60/70s Clares are in their 80s/70s

Hawkins009 · 01/08/2023 01:42

Certainly would be nice

user1492757084 · 01/08/2023 02:14

Claire is lovely in every respect.
Clara is confusing in pronunciation but is on trend right now.

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