Clara (given name)

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Clara
Fresco depicting Clare of Assisi holding a lily.jpg
Giotto di Bondone's fresco of Saint Clare of Assisi
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Meaningclear, bright, famous
Other names
Related names Clare, Clair/Claire, Clarissa, Klara

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.

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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. [1]

Glara is a related Kurdish name with a common origin, meaning "vision or brightness". [2]

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References

  1. Clara at Behind the Name
  2. "گلارە", Wîkîferheng (in Kurdish), 2019-07-18, retrieved 2022-08-24