Clara
Clara is a girl name of Latin origin, ranked #14 in popularity, meaning Bright, clear, famous.
What Clara means
Bright, clear, famous.
Clara sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Clara comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Clara is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Clara?
Clara is ranked #14, firmly inside the top twenty-five. It is familiar without being unavoidable: widely known, easy to spell, and still not on every register.
The character of Clara
Two ideas meet in Clara: light and brightness and the long-established classics. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Clara
These share Clara's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Lucy — Light.
- Nora — Honour; light.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Helen — Light; a torch.
- Helena — Bright, shining light.
- Nell — Bright, shining one.
- Albert — Noble and bright.
- Bertie — Bright and famous.
- Camila — Perfect, unblemished.
- Robert — Bright fame.
- Rupert — Bright fame.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
More Latin names
- Charity — Selfless love and giving.
- Clarity — Brightness; clear understanding.
- Celestia — Of the heavens.
- Claudia — An old Roman family name.
- Celeste — Heavenly.
- Clement — Merciful and mild.
- Cecilia — Patroness of music.
- Clementine — Mild and merciful.
- Cato — All-knowing; wise.
- Constance — Steadfast and constant.