Claire
Claire is the French form of the female given name Klara .
meaning
The name comes from the Latin word "clara" and translates as meaning "shining", "clear", "bright" or "famous". The French adjective "clair (e)" means "hell" in German.
variants
- Clare , Clair
name day
- August 11th , St. Clare of Assisi
- 17th August , St. Clare of Montefalco
Well-known namesake
As first name:
- Claire Bloom (born 1931), British actress
- Claire Bretécher (1940–2020), French draftsman and author
- Claire Castillon (* 1975), French writer
- Claire Louise Coombs (* 1974), Princess of Belgium and wife of Prince Laurent of Belgium
- Claire Dames (* 1981), American porn actress
- Claire Danes (* 1979), American actress
- Claire Denis (* 1948), French film director and screenwriter
- Claire Duhamel (1925-2014), French actress
- Claire de Duras (1777–1828), French writer and salonière
- Claire Eckstein (1904–1994), German modern dancer and choreographer
- Claire Forlani (born 1971), British actress
- Claire Foy (born 1984), British actress
- Claire Gagnier (* 1924), Canadian soprano
- Claire Gérard (1889–1971), Belgian theater and film actress
- Claire Gmachl (* 1967), Austrian physicist
- Claire Goll (1890–1977), Franco-German writer and journalist
- Claire Holt (* 1988), Australian actress
- Claire Krähenbühl (* 1942), Swiss writer and artist
- Claire Lavogez (* 1994), French soccer player
- Claire Lecat (* 1965), French judoka
- Claire Marienfeld (* 1940), German politician
- Claire McCaskill (* 1953), American politician (Democratic Party)
- Claire Nadeau (* 1945), French actress
- Claire Oelkers (* 1985), German musician and actress
- Claire Préaux (1904–1979), Belgian classical philologist and ancient historian
- Claire Rommer (1904–1996), German actress
- Claire Sinclair (* 1991), American model
- Claire Trevor (1910-2000), American actress
- Claire Voisin (* 1962), French mathematician
- Claire Waldoff (1884–1957), German chanson singer
- Claire Yarlett (born 1965), British-American actress
- Claire Windsor (1892–1972), American actress of the silent film era
Claire is also available as a male first name:
- Claire Alexander (* 1945), former Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Claire Allen (1853–1942), American architect
- Claire Lee Chennault (1890–1958), American pilot, commander of the "Flying Tigers"
As a family name:
- Caroline Claire (* 2000), American freestyle skier
- Ina Claire (1893–1985), American film and stage actress
- Lenora Claire (* 1980), American actress
- Taylor St. Claire (* 1969), American porn actress
- Yvette Gastauer-Claire (* 1957), Luxembourgish sculptor and medalist
Literary characters
- Claire Zachanassian, main character in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit of the Old Lady
- Claire Elisabeth Beauchamp Randall Fraser, protagonist in Diana Gabaldon's Highland saga
- Claire Underwood, protagonist in the Netflix series House of Cards (TV series)