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Clare vs Claire - What's the difference?

clare | claire |

Claire is a alternative form of clare.

Claire is a related term of clare.



As proper nouns the difference between clare and claire

is that clare is a county in the Republic of Ireland while Claire is {{given name|female|from=French}} borrowed from the French form of Clara or Clare. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.

As a noun Clare

is a nun of the order of Saint Clare.

clare

English

(wikipedia Clare)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A county in the Republic of Ireland
  • A town in the county of Cavan, Ireland.
  • derived from place names in England and Ireland, and from (etyl) "clay" as an occupational name for a worker in clay.
  • transferred from the surnames (much less common than the female name).

    • Etymology 2

    Medieval English vernacular form of Clara.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , often spelled Claire in the 20th century.
  • * : Act I, Scene IV:
    • Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more,
    But rather wishing a more strict restraint
    Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare .
  • * 1999 Margaret York: The Price of Guilt : page 58:
    • "What's your name?"
    "Clare Fairweather," she said. "Awful, isn't it?" and went away, hiding her mirth.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nun of the order of (Saint Clare).

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    claire

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Clare, Clair

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • 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:
    • "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."
  • * 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.
  • * 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.

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