Clare

Meanings

Proper Noun

• county Ireland (country)
• town Cavan (county) Ireland (country).
• A given name.
• A female given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward.
• large village Suffolk (county) England (constituent country).
• derived from Old English clǣġ as an occupational name for a worker in clay.
• A male given name from surnames.

Noun

• A nun of the order of Saint Clare.

Origin

• The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár ("plank, board"), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom ("table").
• Medieval English vernacular form of Clara, from the Latin clara, feminine of clarus, "bright, shining, clear", a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi.