Comments for the name Clarence

The name Clarence became popular around the end of the 19th century, and was the 17th most popular name for a boy in 1900. I think it came from the title used by one of Queen Victoria's sons, the Duke of Clarence. My husband's father, born in 1920 has the name, and he was named after his father born in 1898. His father was the first in the family to use the name of Clarence. The name Clarence also rhymes with the name Florence which was an extremely popular name for girls at the end of the 18th century.

A famous bearer is Clarence Clemons who played sax in Springsteen's E. Street Band.

Clarence Oddbody was George Bailey's guardian angel in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."

This is the masculine variant of the name Clare.

A famous bearer of this name is Clarence Day, author of 'Life with Father'.

Clarence is the name of Quentin Tarantino's finest character, the "you're SO cool" hero of "True Romance".

Clarence is the middle name of one of CS Lewis' characters in "Chronicles of Narnia." Eustace Clarence Scrubb.

Clarence Birdseye (b. 9 December 1886 - d. 7 October 1956) was an American inventor who founded the "Birds Eye" frozen food industry in the 1920s.

Also borne by American laywer and defence attorney Clarence Seward Darrow (b. 18 April 1857 - d. 13 March 1938), who was present in the Leopold and Loeb trial and the John Scopes trial in the 1920s. Darrow was played in various films by Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda, and Orson Welles.

Clarence is a female name in France.

Very old-fashioned, elitist, snobby, and rather geeky-sounding on a kid today. Resembles so-called virtue names, and thus has a bit of a feminine feel to it, even though I'd hate this on females.

Clarence was the name of the cross-eyed lion in the tv series Daktari which was based on the movie "Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion".

The late 19th century rise in popularity for this name was probably due to Queen Victoria's elder grandson, prince Albert Victor (1864-1892), duke of Clarence and Avondale.

This name always reminds me of Clarence, the blue hand puppet in the old MTV show "Wonder Showzen". "Wonder Showzen" is a show for adults that parodizes children's programming. In his skits, Clarence goes around annoying random people on the street... and in my opinion, it's pretty funny. :) haha.

Clarence Thomas is a Supreme Court Justice.