Clara

Latin

"bright, clear"

Clara Origin and Meaning

Variation of Clarissa

Clara Rank in US Top 1000

# 78 in the US

Clara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 18 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Clara

• 78 US 2024
• 18 Nameberry 2026
• 20 Canada 2024
• 75 Future 2028
• 84 England 2024
• 83 scotland 2024
• 66 Ireland 2024
• 98 Australia 2020
• 99 New Zealand 2023
• 91 France 2024
• 7 Germany 2025
• 45 Spain 2023
• 12 Portugal 2022
• 45 sweden 2024
• 15 Denmark 2024
• 66 Belgium 2024
• 65 switzerland 2024
• 54 Austria 2024
• 83 Chile 2021

20 Names Similar to Clara

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Famous People Named Clara

• Clara Francisca Nunes Brazilian samba singer
• Clara Gordon Bow American actress
• Clara Ellen Butt English operatic contralto
• Clara Read English actress
• Clara Josephine (Wieck) Schumann German composer and pianist
• Clara Louise Maass American nurse
• Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton American pioneering nurse
• Clara Hamilton Harris American socialite
• Clara Blandick American actress
• Clara Alonso Spanish model
• Clara Langhorne Clemens American contralto
• Clara Chung American guitarist and singer
• Clara Mae Shepard Luper American civil rights leader
• Clara Hughes Canadian Olympic cyclist and speed skater
• Clara Haskil Romanian pianist
• Clara Lee (Sung min), British,South Korean actress and model
• Clara Edwards American pianist and composer
• Isabella Clara Eugenia sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands
• Clara Muhammad American wife of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad
• Clara Ward American gospel singer of The Ward Singers
• Clara Driscoll American philanthropist
• Clara Hagopian Jobs mother Steve Jobs
• Clara Lukasiak younger sister of reality TV personality Chloe Lukasiak of TV's "Dance Moms"
• Clara Balzary (b. 1988) daughter of musician Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Clara Mathilde McGregor (b. 1996) daughter of actor Ewan McGregor
• Clara Enola Wire (b. 2002) daughter of musician Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers
• Clara Thomas (b. 2009) daughter of TV journalist Nina Hossain and Stuart Thomas
• Clara Saltykova (b. 2012) daughter of actors Inga Strelkova,Ooldina and Vitaly Saltykov
• Clara Esquerdo Spanish rhythmic gymnast
• Clara Elizabeth So (b. 2016) daughter of actress Anna Chlumsky and Shaun So
• Clara Jane Griffiths (b. 2018) daughter of YouTube vloggers Emily & Beau Griffiths of 'A Griffiths Life Vlogs'
• Clara Eloise Jordan (b. 2019) daughter of American actor and singer Jeremy Jordan & American actress, singer, and dancer Ashley Spencer
• Clara Rockmore Lithuanian musician
• Clara Schumann German pianist and composer
• Clara Webb Butcher Mother of singers Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle
• Clara Bow American silent film star

The name Clara in Pop Culture

• Clara Stahlbaum main character in ballet The Nutcracker
• Clara Clayton Brown character in movie "Back to the Future Part III"
• Clara Dudley character in "The Haunting of Hill House"
• Clara a character in musical "Passion"
• Clara Boden character in White Teeth by Zadie Smith
• Clara Allen character in Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove"
• Clara Durrant character in Virginia Woolf's "Jacob's Room"
• Clara Bishop character in Royals book series by Geneva Lee
• Princess Clara character in animated TV series "Drawn Together"
• Clara Gardner main character in the Unearthly series
• Clara Beane character in The Guild web series
• Clara character in Bob Dylan's 1975 film "Renaldo and Clara"
• Clara character in E. T. A. Hoffmann's "Der Sandmann"
• Clara Belle character in the video game "MySims"
• Clara Varner a main character in "The Long, Hot Summer"
• Clara Oswald a companion on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Clara Radley character from The Radleys by Matt Haig
• Clara a character from the British TV series "The Paradise"
• Clara Edwards character on "The Andy Griffith Show"
• Clara Cluck member of Mickey Mouse's original farmyard gang
• Clara Sesemann character in book/movie "Heidi"
• Aunt Clara character on TV's "Bewitched"
• María Clara de los Santos main character in "Noli Me Tangere" by José Rizal
• Clara Wheeler character on TV miniseries "Into the West"
• Clara Callen mother of G Callen on TV's "NCIS: Los Angeles"
• Clara Buhalmet character in "Fran Bow"
• "Clara" song by progressive bluegrass band Punch Brothers
• Clara Drosselmayer main character in animated movie "Barbie in the Nutcracker"
• Clara Nightingale character in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir
• Clara Johnson main character of opera,musical "The Light in the Piazza"
• Clara Spanish Vocaloid
• Clara Grant main character in novel and movie "Regretting You"
• Clara Glitter Clover in English dub of Doki Doki! Prettycure
• "Clara Bow" Song by Taylor Swift featured in "The Tortured Poets Department"

International Variations of the name Clara

• Clarissa Italian
• Clarice Italian
• Clarita Spanish