Claire - What does it mean?
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borrowed from the French form of Clara or Clare. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.
* 1887 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch: Dead Man's Rock. BiblioBazaar,LLC,2007. ISBN 1434649393 page 198:
* 2006 Wendy Harmer: Farewell My Ovaries . Allen&Unwin 2006. ISBN 1741146658 page 93:
, a rare spelling variant Clare, derived from the surname.
* 1991 Amy Tan: The Kitchen God's Wife . Ivy Books 1991. ISBN 080410753X page 203:
claire
English
Alternative forms
* Clare, ClairProper noun
(en proper noun)- "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."
- 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.
- 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.
