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Re: Yes, it is. Meet me, teenage TMI Fangirl. It's short for Clarissa in the books nt
Awesome. :) And I have now Googled her and learned very little from a wiki article I didn't actually read. But anyway, I guess I was essentially right about Clary being a variation of Clara, as (according to this site) Clarissa comes from Clarice which (possibly) comes from Clara.
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Yeah, I'm a tiny bit addicted. :) I'd always assumed Clarice/Clarissa/Clarisse was related to Clara/Clare/Claire. They've all got that similarity to the 'clar' root, as in 'clarity'. Clear and bright. I'd be surprised if they weren't related. Ooh, and here it says that Claritia is a derivative of Clara, so that's good to know. Clarice and Claritia definitely seem like they're related.
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I think Clarity is a decent name just as is (in the tradition of Patience, Hope, Destiny, etc), but my favourite of the bunch is Claire, with Clara as a close second.
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Yes, Clarity is nice, one of my favourite virtue names. I think all the names of that group are pretty nice, I especially love Clara and Clarissa. They just seem so clean-cut and classy.
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