Claire

Alternative forms

 * Clare, Clair

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from the French form of Clara or Clare. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.
 * 2) * 1887 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch: Dead Man's Rock. BiblioBazaar,LLC,2007. ISBN 1434649393 page 198:
 * "I told you I was called ,or that they called me Claire. Were you not surprised when you saw my name as Clarissa Lambert?"
 * "Is that all?" I cried. "Why of course, I knew how common it is for actresses to take another name. I was even glad of it; for the name I know, your own name, is now a secret, and all the sweeter so. All the world admires Clarissa Lambert, but I alone love Claire Luttrell, and know that Claire Luttrell loves me."
 * 1) * 2006 Wendy Harmer: Farewell My Ovaries. Allen&Unwin 2006. ISBN 1741146658 page 93:
 * A woman named Claire should be able to describe the moon. Clair de Lune was of course one of Claire's favourite pieces of piano music.
 * , a rare spelling variant Clare, derived from the surname.
 * 1) * 1991 Amy Tan: The Kitchen God's Wife. Ivy Books 1991. ISBN 080410753X page 203:
 * When we arrived in Hangchow, all the pilots were honored at a big banquet given by that famous American general with a lady's name, Claire Chennault.

Translations

 * see Clara

Anagrams

 * Carlie
 * eclair, éclair
 * lacier

Proper noun

 * , cognate to Clara.

Related terms

 * Clara, Clarisse
 * Marie-Claire

Anagrams

 * éclair

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