Clara

See also: clara

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clāra, feminine of clārus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. Doublet of Clare and Claire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɑːɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɛəɹə/, /ˈklæɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹə
• Rhymes: -æɹə

Proper noun

Clara

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::

     But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.

   • 1956, Tad Mosel, Other People's Houses. Six Television Plays., page 123:

     My mother called me Clara. And everybody else called me Clara until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. Clara! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C.

2. A town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France; named Clara-Villerach since 2017.
3. A town in County Offaly, Ireland.
4. An area in Taylor County, Florida, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States.

Derived terms

• Clara Vale
• Maria Clara gown
• Santa Clara

 

Related terms

• Clare, Claire
• Claribel
• Clarice
• Clarissa

 

Translations

cognates and transliterations of the name Clara

• Armenian: Կլարա (Klara)
• Catalan: Clara (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克拉拉 (zh) (Kèlālā)

• Czech: Klára (cs)
• Danish: Clara
• Dutch: Klaartje, Klara
• Esperanto: Klara (eo)
• Faroese: Klára f
• Finnish: Klaara (fi)
• French: Claire (fr)
• Galician: Clara (gl) f
• German: Clara (de) f, Klara f, Cläre (de) f
• Greek: Κλαίρη (el) f (Klaíri), Κλάρα (el) f (Klára)
• Hungarian: Klára (hu)
• Italian: Chiara (it), Clara (it) f
• Japanese: クララ (Kurara)
• Lithuanian: Klerė f
• Macedonian: Јасна f (Jasna)
• Marathi: क्लारा f (klārā)
• Norwegian: Klara (no)
• Polish: Klara (pl) f
• Portuguese: Clara (pt) f
• Russian: Кла́ра (ru) f (Klára)
• Slovak: Klára f
• Spanish: Clara (es) f
• Swedish: Klara (sv)

Anagrams

• Carla, Claar, acral, craal

Danish

Alternative forms

• Klara

Proper noun

Clara

1. a female given name from Latin

French

Etymology

From Italian Clara, Latin clāra. Latinate variant of Claire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.ʁa/

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Proper noun

Clara f

1. a female given name
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III::

     Pendant sa convalescence, elle s’occupa beaucoup à chercher un nom pour sa fille. D’abord, elle passa en revue tous ceux qui avaient des terminaisons italiennes, tels que Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala ; elle aimait assez Galsuinde, plus encore Yseult ou Léocadie.

     Whilst she was getting well she occupied herself much in seeking a name for her daughter. First she went over all those that have Italian endings, such as Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala; she liked Galsuinde pretty well, and Yseult or Leocadie still better.

Anagrams

• Carla, racla

German

Alternative forms

• Klara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklaːʀa]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: Cla‧ra

Proper noun

Clara

1. a female given name from Latin

Related terms

• Clarissa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Clara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklara/

Proper noun

Clara

1. a female given name from Italian

   Clara Bernadeth, b. 1994

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: Clà‧ra

Proper noun

Clara f

1. a female given name, variant of Chiara

Anagrams

• Carla, calar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Homophone: clara
• Hyphenation: Cla‧ra

Proper noun

Clara f (plural Claras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara or Claire

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɾa/ [ˈkla.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: Cla‧ra

Proper noun

Clara f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara

Derived terms

• Clarita (diminutive)

 

Related terms

• Clarisa (variant)

 

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Clara c (genitive Claras)

1. a female given name, variant of Klara