Clair
Meaning
variant of Claire, 'clear, bright'
Clair's name family
One shared root links 6 names across 2 languages.
Shared root: from Latin clarus "clear, bright, famous", sainted by Clare of Assisi
The constellation
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Clair in song
Clair
Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972)
Written for the three-year-old daughter of his manager, whom he sometimes babysat, and you can hear her giggling at the end of the record.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Clair peaked in the 1890s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
13,370 people · the #1,386 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 15,152 · median age 56
Among people named Clair living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Clair deep dive
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