How would you pronounce Clara?

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Thepotdog · 10/11/2024 20:08

Thinking of Clara for baby girl due early next year however I saw online that a lot of people pronounce it Claire-ah , I’ve always thought of it as Clar-ah (pronounced like Cara but with an L) now I’m in 2 minds as I don’t want to burden her with a name that gets mispronounced all the time. Is it a regional thing how it’s pronounced?

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Pemba · 14/11/2024 11:46

ClicketyClickPlusOne · 14/11/2024 09:32

I immediately thought Clah-ra, and then remembered I had a great aunt (born late C19th ) who lived in Sheffield who was Clare- a

I wonder if we all share the same Yorkshire great aunt!

I did wonder that! Mine was from Hull though, think her husband was named George and she had a son Frank and daughter May?

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 14/11/2024 19:00

I'm in the UK and I only like it pronounced Claire-a, which is how I, and several other people I knew, assumed it was pronounced back in the 70s and 80s when nobody was actually called it.

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 14/11/2024 19:24

Pemba · 14/11/2024 11:46

I did wonder that! Mine was from Hull though, think her husband was named George and she had a son Frank and daughter May?

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Mine was my nan from Derby

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