Claire?

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I really love the name Claire and I’m after some honest opinions. It means “light/ bright” and I think it’s beautiful, but is it too ‘80s? I quite like that it can’t be shortened as well.

I am Claire Elizabeth 😍.

There were six Claire's in my class at school in the eighties. And it's true, Claire's are lovely people, I've never known a horrible Claire ☺️.

Definitely due a revival!

🥰 I haven’t either, must be something in the name ☺️

Love the name - definitely spell it with an “i”, although I prefer Clare it’s a far less common spelling and she’ll spend her life having her name spelt wrong 😄

@HeySugarSugar , Claire will get it spelt as Clare. The Clare one is the traditional spelling.

I really like it, I think it’s due a comeback but equally don’t feel like it’s that dated. I know a very beautiful Claire if that helps 😆

I think that Claire is much more popular though, so that poster is right IMO. I do prefer Clare though.

Middle names, I always think there is something nice about using a family name, your mother's or your Grannie,

Claire is working well in my head with 2 or 3 syllables

I've always loved the name Claire. My favourite doll as a little girl I named Clare and my best friend at high school in the 90's was Claire.

it is a bit of that time but so unused for quite a while now, I think it's fine to use.

I love Clara too, and after hearing it on Back to the Future 3 when that movie came out, I always said I wanted to name a future daughter Clara, I love the sound. However, it constantly gets suggested on here at the moment, lots of people seem to love it right now, I wonder if it is about to become rather popular?

I love it. Simple, fresh and elegant.

Claire Elizabeth Rose is lovely. 😊

I like it, also Clarice is a beautiful name.

Pretty much all CLAIRE ‘s !!! Although there is no shortening for Claire, my name often got a lengthened version or rhymed instead by my friends.

Being honest it's too 80's. Give it another 20/30 years and it might come back round in the same way Florence, Elsie etc has. There are too many Clare's in their 50s/60s for it to not seem a frumpy choice to me.

I honestly think their are Claires of all ages.
I don't have a preference between Clare and Claire but it definitely needs the e not keen at all on Clair

Love it! I’d love to meet a little Claire.
also Chiara means the same and is gorgeous too. Pronounced Key-ah-ra

its A lovely name and feels fresh now but I prefer Clare spelling.

I think it an underused classic - and all the Claire’s I know are lovely!

I much prefer the spelling Claire to Clare for reasons I can’t articulate…

I'm a similar age and went to school with lots. It was definitely still very popular (likely top 10) in the late 80s/early 90s. I can't think of many names which were more popular at the time, other than maybe Sarah, Laura, Emma, Rachel, Rebecca, Amy and Samantha.

Claire is definitely more popular. I bet 90% will automatically spell it like this.

The most popular spellings of names aren't always the original. I hate that Finley is now the usual spelling for this name, but I admit it's how I automatically assume it's spelt now when I hear it. Likewise Louie has been above Louis in the stats for quite a few years now. I much prefer Louis, but I think many would assume Louie now. In the early 00s, Isabel and Isobel were both high in the charts. Now both are right out of the top 100 and the French Isabelle has very much taken over in this country. The most popular or usual spelling of names evolves over time.

I’m a Claire and have never felt the need to change it. Some friends/family have nicknames for me related to random things and in-jokes that have nothing to do with my actual name, which is pretty normal for nicknames.

Thinking of my female friends, the vast vast majority go by their actual names (or a completely standard abbreviation like Alex, Sam or Liz). I think the need for nicknames is a bit strange.

I know a Clare . She's an.older Clare. Spelt that way.

I’m 50 and I have a friend who’s 25 with the name, I’ve always liked it.

But the whole wonderful point is that Clare/Claire can't be deformed into a stupid alternative. It is charming on a child and elegant on a grown woman. Although that ghastly singer Gilbert O'Sullivan in the 70's had a go at it with that appalling song "Clair" (I don't think anybody tried that spelling before him; he should have been sued).

Clarey and Clairol.

WTF???