- Clara (given name)
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{{{name}}} Gender female Origin Word/Name Latin Meaning clear, bright, famous Other names Related names Clare, Clair/ Claire, Clarissa, Klara Clara 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.[1]
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People with this name
- Clara Germana Cele
- Clara Barton (1821-1912), pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian
- Clara Bow, American actress
- Clara Immerwahr, German chemist and first wife of Fritz Haber
- Clara Morgane (born 1981), a French porn star and singer
- Clara Rockmore, virtuosa of the theremin
- Clara Schumann, German pianist
Fictional characters
- Clara - The main role in The Nutcracker
- Princess Clara, a character on the US animated TV series Drawn Together
- Clara Clayton, a character from the Back to the Future film series played by Mary Steenburgen
- Clara Cluck, Disney character.
- Clara the Cow, a popular cow in Greek Mega Channel's Poly tin Kyriaki (Too Much on Sunday) entertainment show, hosted by Grigoris Arnaoutoglou
- Clara in Renaldo and Clara, a 1975 surrealist movie, directed by and starring Bob Dylan
- Clara in E. T. A. Hoffmann's "Der Sandmann".
- Clara is fictional character in the play Love Roulette based on Clare Edwards and Eli Goldworthy relationship from Degrassi.
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