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[Opinions] Clare
What do you think of Clare for a girl? I don't really like Claire as much, the i in there annoys me changes its color from white to yellow. I don't dislike Claire, I think it's fine, but I love Clare.Clare or Claire? Why?
Clara or Clare, Claire and why?Opinions? Oh and do you think it's getting too common?
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Clare = neat and sweet and much, much better than Claire. I really couldn't say why! - but Claire is yellow for me too and Clare is a clear pale sky-blue.
Clara pronounced CLAH ra is lovely. I think I prefer it to Clare. I haven't seen any of them on children or in BAs, so don't think popularity is an issue.
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The i in Claire introduces an unnecessary complication. Clare is neater and tidier and ready for action; Claire would sit in the shade and watch Clare get on with life.I quite like Clara but only in a German context. When I see it, I never "hear" in in English in my head.
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I think the sound of the name is quite ugly regardless. But looks-wise... Clare or Claire are about equal in my books.
I like Clara a smidge more than Claire/Clare.
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I love Clare! It's so much trimmer and more elegant than Claire.
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I hate this spelling, and I prefer Claire by 1000%. Clare looks odd and slightly masculine.I don't think it's common at all. Claire is my niece's middle name, but she is the only baby I know with the name at all. I haven't met a baby or small child named Claire.
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I love Clare with this spelling. It was my godmother's name, and it would have been my son's mn if he had been a girl. Clare or Claire? Clare because I have that emotional attachment, and I'd most likely use it as a mn. I don't mind the "i" spelling, and I'd consider Claire if I was thinking about using it as a fn. It can be frustrating to have a rare spelling of a popular name, imo.Clara or Clare, Claire and why? Clare, as above. I don't like CLAIR-uh, and that's what I'd get in the US. It's no Isabella or Sophia, but Claire is certainly more common than it used to be, and it looks like it's still climbing. I don't think it's too common, but YMMV.
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the more appealing spelling
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I prefer Claire. Clare looks incomplete and as though it should be pronounced "Cl-R/cl-ar, not Cl-air.Claire is in my PNL.And yeah, it is common, but not SUPER common.
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I see both Clare and Claire as a buff/fawn colour because that's the colour of C for me.
I like Clare for its traditional English vibe but think Claire looks prettier. So Claire wins by a whisker, especially were I to use a French mn such as Isabelle or Mireille or Marguerite.
But I see the merit in Clare, especially teamed with with a traditional English name like Eleanor or Isabel or Margaret.
re Clara - a variety of tulip bulb is called "Dame Clara Butt" (after a British singer) pronounced clair-uh by mum, so that's how I say Clara. I quite like that pronunciation, but there seem to be so many competing pronunciations that I'm too confused to use Clara.

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I think Clare is perfectly fine though it doesn't get me excited much, in fact I find it rather dull. I had a best friend named Claire when I was a child so I only knew of that spelling until my teens.
I am impartial between the spellings, the "i" makes little to no difference in my opinion on the names
I would have to say Clara because the majority of the time I prefer names ending in "a" over their "-e" partners. And this is the same for Clara/Claire. I think Clara sounds more vibrant than plain Clare does.
As far as I am aware it is not getting too popular, at least not in the region that I live, I haven't heard it in years.
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