Name

Name CLAIR

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 27,087 births of Clair in the countries below, which represents an average of 191 births of children bearing the first name Clair per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 6 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Clair
In Italiano

Nome Clair

Variation : Claire

Information about the first name Clair

We celebrate Clair on November 8th

The first name Clair has been assigned to:

55.96% to boys
44.04% to girls

The country where the first name Clair is the most common is:

Brazil

This first name is on trend: Both (Unisex)

This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Clair

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Clair : Alcir, Alric, Arcil, Calir, Carli, Cirla, Clari, Lacir, Laric, Racil

Clair in Japanese ^*

Romaji	kurea
Katakana	クレア
Hiragana	くれあ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Clair in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Clair

English

Etymology

A less common spelling of Claire.

Anagrams

-racil, Carli, Crail

Proper noun

Clair
A female given name from French.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A village in New Brunswick, Canada
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada

Proper noun (Derived terms)

St. Clair, St Clair

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cler, from Old French cler, from Latin clārus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call”, “to shout”).

Adjective

clair (feminine claire, masculine plural clairs, feminine plural claires)
clear (see-through)
clear (understandable)
(of a color) light (having a light shade, not dark)
bleu clair ― light blue
Antonym: foncé

Adverb

clair
clearly
Il voit clair. ― He sees clearly.

Noun

clair m (plural clairs)
light

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /klɛʁ/
Homophone: clerc

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English clere, from Old French cler, from Latin clārus.

Adjective

clair (comparative clairer, superlative clairest)
Clear.

Popularity of the name Clair

Number of CLAIR births per year

Popularity of the name Clair

Total births of Clair by country

		Births with the first name Clair
Country		Boys Girls
	Brazil 1930 - 2022	4,320 10,665
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	9,721 725
	France 1900 - 2022	955 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2022	0 307
	Ontario 1913 - 2019	154 31
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 50
	Australia 1930 - 2022	1 41
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	0 35
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	1 30
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	4 12
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	0 16
	Germany 2000 - 2022	3 7
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	0 4
	Italy 1999 - 2021	0 3
	Austria 1984 - 2021	0 1
	Chili 2010 - 2021	0 1