Gender:
Origin:
Latin
674 famous people named Clara found on Wikipedia.
280077 female, 1011 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
103-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
7-th in year 1885
Used in: Catalan, Danish, English, German, Italian, Late-Roman, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
A female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
Clara or Klara, is a female given name. It is the feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". Various early male Christian saints were named Clarus; the feminine form became popular after the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi (called Chiara in Italian), one of the followers of Saint Francis, who renounced her privileged background and founded the order of Poor Clares.
Clare was the main English form of the name used in the Middle Ages, but the Latin spelling Clara became more popular in the 19th century.
Fem. personal name, from Latin Clara, from fem. of clarus "bright, shining, clear" (see clear (adj.) and compare Claire). Derivatives include Clarisse, Clarice, Clarabel, Claribel. The native form Clare was common in medieval England, perhaps owing to the popularity of St. Clare of Assisi.
From the feminine form of the Latin adjective clarus, means: bright, clear, famous.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Clara Oswald | Fictional character from Doctor Who | |
2 | Clara Rockmore | 1911 | American musician |
3 | Clara Barton | 1821 | American Civil War nurse |
4 | Clara Bow | 1905 | American actress |
5 | Clara Paget | 1988 | British actress |
6 | Clara Petacci | 1912 | Mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini |
7 | Clara Schumann | 1819 | German musician and composer |
8 | Clara Lee | 1986 | South Korean actress |
9 | Clara Blandick | 1880 | Actress from the United States |
10 | Clara Lago | 1990 | Spanish actress |
11 | Clara Mamet | 1994 | American actress |
12 | Clara Zetkin | 1857 | German politician |
13 | Clara Gaymard | 1960 | French businessperson |
14 | Clara Morgane | 1981 | French pornographic actress and singer |
15 | Clara Clemens | 1874 | Second daughter of Mark Twain; opera singer |
16 | Clara Hughes | 1972 | Canadian speed skater and racing cyclist |
17 | Clara Peller | 1902 | Character actress |
18 | María Clara | ||
19 | Clara Germana Cele | South AFrican woman possessed by demons | |
20 | Clara Amfo | 1984 | British radio personality, DJ |
21 | Clara Immerwahr | 1870 | German chemist |
22 | Clara Muhammad | 1899 | Wife of Wlijah Muhammad |
23 | Clara Harris | 1834 | Socialite |
24 | Clara Moroni | 1964 | Italian musician |
25 | Clara Hagman | 1991 | Swedish singer |
26 | Clara Cleymans | 1989 | Belgian actress |
27 | Clara Ward | 1924 | American singer |
28 | Clara Bryant | 1985 | Actress |
29 | Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay | 1873 | American performer and Belgian princess |
30 | Clara Shih | 1982 | American businesswoman |
31 | Clara Peeters | 1594 | Painter from the Southern Netherlands |
32 | Clara Tiezzi | 1999 | Brazilian actress |
33 | Clara Chung | 1987 | American musician |
34 | Clara Sumarwati | ||
35 | Clara Ponsot | 1989 | French actress |
36 | Clara Brown | 1800 | American former slave, community leader, philanthropist |
37 | Clara Luper | 1923 | African American activist |
38 | Clara Segura | 1974 | |
39 | Clara Haskil | 1895 | Romanian musician |
40 | Clara Henry | 1994 | |
41 | Clara Malraux | 1897 | French writer |
42 | Clara Jeffery | 1967 | American journalist |
43 | Clara Seger | Fictional character on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | |
44 | Clara Lemlich | 1886 | Union organizer, suffragist, activist |
45 | Clara Butt | 1872 | British singer |
46 | Clara G | 1979 | Romanian pornographic actress |
47 | Sônia Clara | 1949 | Brazilian actress |
48 | Clara Kimball Young | 1890 | American actress and film producer |
49 | Clara de Sousa | 1967 | Portuguese journalist |
50 | Clara Brett Martin | 1874 | Canadian lawyer |
51 | Clara Campoamor | 1888 | Spanish politician |
52 | Clara Khoury | 1976 | Israeli Arab actress |
53 | Clara Elvira Ospina | 1971 | |
54 | Clara Luzia | 1978 | Austrian composer |
55 | Clara Maass | 1876 | American nurse |
56 | Clara McMillen | 1898 | American scientist |
57 | Clara Alvarado | 1989 | |
58 | Clara Nunes | 1943 | Singer |
59 | Clara Cannucciari | 1915 | American cook |
60 | Clara Rojas | 1964 | Colombian politician |
61 | Clara Helena Enciso | 1951 | |
62 | Clara Driscoll | 1881 | Philanthropist, politician, helped save the Alamo |
63 | Clara Benin | 1994 | |
64 | Clara Bellar | 1972 | Actress, film director, screenwriter, film producer |
65 | Clara Alonso | 1987 | Spanish model |
66 | Clara Hale | 1905 | American humanitarian |
67 | Clara Calamai | 1909 | Italian actress |
68 | Clara Klabunde | 1906 | German lawyer and judge (1906-1994) |
69 | Clara Bloodgood | 1870 | Actress |
70 | Clara Reeve | 1729 | Novelist |
71 | Clara Serina | 1949 | Brazilian singer |
72 | Clara Marangoni | 1915 | Italian gymnast |
73 | Clara Westhoff | 1878 | German sculptor |
74 | Clara Dolny | 1990 | German actress |
75 | Clara Guerrero | 1982 | Colombian ten-pin bowler |
76 | Clara Smith | 1894 | American classic female blues singer |
77 | Clara Montes | 1968 | Spanish singer |
78 | Clara Charf | ||
79 | Clara Leach Adams-Ender | 1939 | American military officer |
80 | Clara Bingham | 1963 | |
81 | Clara Wagner | 1891 | |
82 | Clara Szczaranski | 1948 | |
83 | Clara Tahoces | ||
84 | Clara Hill | German singer | |
85 | Clara S. Foltz | 1849 | United States women's rights activist |
86 | Clara Furse | 1957 | British businesswoman |
87 | Clara López Obregón | 1950 | Colombian politician |
88 | Clara Rugaard-Larsen | 1998 | Danish actress |
89 | Clara Ponty | 2000 | French musician |
90 | Clara Belle Williams | 1885 | First African-American graduate of New Mexico State University |
91 | Clara Salaman | 1967 | English actrress |
92 | Clara Serra Sánchez | 1982 | |
93 | Clara Law | 1957 | Australian film director |
94 | Clara Florinda Gerst | 1987 | German actress |
95 | Maria Clara | 1923 | |
96 | Clara Ant | 1948 | Brazilian architect and activist |
97 | Max Clara | 1899 | Austrian scientist |
98 | Clara Lidström | 1986 | |
99 | Clara Ledesma | 1924 | Painter |
100 | Clara Weaver Parrish | 1861 | Artist |
101 | Clara Green Carl | American poisoner | |
102 | Clara Gregory Baer | 1863 | American sports pioneer |
103 | Clara Thompson | 1893 | American psychoanalyst |
104 | Patrizia De Clara | 1940 | Italian actress |
105 | Clara Gonzaga | 1464 | Italian noble |
106 | Clara Sinta | 1966 | |
107 | Clara Fraser | 1923 | American activist |
108 | Clara Usón | 1961 | |
109 | Clara Mariño | 1957 | Argentinian journalist |
110 | Clara Cook | 1921 | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player |
111 | Clara Woltering | 1983 | German handball goalkeeper |
112 | Clara Horton | 1904 | Actress |
113 | Clara Cernat | 1972 | Romanian violinist |
114 | Clara Beranger | 1886 | American screenwriter of the silent film era |
115 | Abraham a Sancta Clara | 1644 | Austrian writer |
116 | Clara Williams | 1888 | Actress |
117 | Clara Longworth de Chambrun | 1873 | American author and patron of the arts |
118 | Clara Claiborne Park | 1923 | Author about autism experiences |
119 | Clara Elisabeth von Platen | 1648 | German noblewoman, mistress of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover |
120 | Clara Edwards | 1880 | Composer |
121 | Clara Halter | 1942 | French sculptor |
122 | Clara Fisher | 1811 | British actress |
123 | Clara Novello Davies | 1861 | Welsh singer, teacher and conductor |
124 | Clara Chou | 1953 | Taiwanese politician |
125 | Clara Gallini | 1931 | Italian anthropologist and ethnologist |
126 | Didia Clara | 0153 | Daughter of Roman Emperor |
127 | Clara van Wel | 1997 | New Zealand singer-songwriter |
128 | Clara Obligado | 1950 | Argentinian writer |
129 | Clara Grunwald | 1877 | German teacher |
130 | Clara Sherman | 1914 | Navajo artist |
131 | Clara Ng | 1973 | Writer |
132 | Clara Martínez de Careaga | 1959 | Spanish magistrate |
133 | Clara Bahamondes | 1996 | Danish actress |
134 | Clara Furey | 1983 | Canadian actress |
135 | Clara Franzini-Armstrong | 1938 | Microscopist |
136 | Clara Breed | 1906 | American librarian |
137 | Clara Eggink | 1906 | Dutch poet (1906-1991) |
138 | Clara C. Frye | 1872 | American nurse |
139 | Clara Maffei | 1814 | Italian salon holder |
140 | Clara Schöne | 1993 | German association football player |
141 | Clara Sipprell | 1885 | Canadian photographer |
142 | Clara Louise Kellogg | 1842 | United States opera singer |
143 | Clara von Arnim | 1909 | German writer (1909-2009) |
144 | Clara Stanton Jones | 1913 | Librarian |
145 | Clara Weisenborn | 1907 | American politician |
146 | Clara Porset | 1895 | Cuban interior designer and architect (1895-1981) |
147 | Clara Ingram Judson | 1879 | American children's writer, biographies |
148 | Clara Bewick Colby | ||
149 | Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt | 1858 | American academic |
150 | Clara Janés | 1940 | Spanish translator |
151 | Clara T. Bracy | 1848 | English actress |
152 | Clara Novello | 1818 | English soprano singer |
153 | Clara Pontoppidan | 1883 | Danish actress, in Swedish and Danish silent films |
154 | Jaime Clara | 1965 | Uruguayan writer and journalist |
155 | Clara Royer | 1981 | French writer and screenwriter |
156 | Clara Elsene Peck | 1883 | Illustrator |
157 | Clara Southern | 1861 | Australian artist |
158 | Clara Endicott Sears | 1863 | Author, preservationist and philanthropist |
159 | Clara G. McMillan | 1894 | American politician |
160 | Clara Raven | 1909 | American physician |
161 | Clara Funes de Roca | 1849 | |
162 | Clara Blume | 2000 | Austrian singer |
163 | Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee | 1886 | American activist |
164 | Clara Blinn | 1847 | American settler |
165 | Clara Collet | 1860 | British academic |
166 | Clara Garcia | 1971 | Brazilian actress |
167 | Clara | 1992 | German pop singer (born 1992) |
168 | Clara Isabel Francia | 1940 | Spanish journalist and television presenter |
169 | Clara Morris | 1849 | American actress |
170 | Clara González | 1900 | Panamanian activist |
171 | Clara Rosenthal | 1863 | German housewife |
172 | Clara Gansard | 1930 | French actress |
173 | Clara H. Hasse | 1880 | American botanist |
174 | Clara (Cuqui) Nicola | 1926 | Cuban guitarist and classical guitarist |
175 | Clara de Hirsch | 1833 | Baroness de Hirsch (1833–1899), philanthropist |
176 | Clara LaMore | 1926 | American swimmer, Olympic athlete |
177 | Clara Bell | 1834 | English translator |
178 | Clara Herrmann | 1985 | German politician |
179 | Clara 3000 | 1989 | |
180 | Clara Schønfeld | 1856 | Danish actress |
181 | Clara Moreno | 1971 | |
182 | Clara Dobokai | ||
183 | Clara Perez | Venezuelan actress | |
184 | Clara D. Bloomfield | 1942 | American physician |
185 | Clara Adams | 1884 | Early Female plane passenger |
186 | Clara Jaione | 1927 | Italian singer |
187 | Clara Kathleen Rogers | 1844 | American composer |
188 | Clara Swain | 1834 | American physician and missionary |
189 | Clara Colosimo | 1922 | Italian actress |
190 | Clara Birnberg | 1894 | British artist |
191 | Clara H. Scott | 1841 | Hymnwriter |
192 | Aemilia Clara | ||
193 | Clara de la Rocha | Mexican revolutionary | |
194 | Clara Tice | 1888 | American avant-garde illustrator and artist |
195 | Clara West | 1981 | German politician |
196 | Clara Thalmann | 1908 | Swiss anarchist |
197 | Clara Stern | 1877 | German psychologist and writer (1877-1948) |
198 | Clara Droetto | 1946 | Italian actress |
199 | Clara Campi | 1986 | Italian actress |
200 | Clara Nordström | 1886 | German writer and translator |