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Claire or Clair is a given name of
French origin.
[2] The word means clear in French in its feminine form.
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Its popularity in the
United Kingdom peaked during the 1970s and 1980s; in 1974 it was the second most popular female first name and in 1984 was still sixth, but by 1997 it had fallen out of the top 100 after several years of sharply declining popularity.
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The name was traditionally considered male, specifically when spelt Clair ;
[5] however, it is now commonly used as a female name and is usually spelled Claire .
Women
Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé (1628–1694), French noblewoman and wife of
Louis, Grand Condé
Princess Claire of Belgium (born 1974)
Claire Adams (1898–1978), Canadian actress
Claire Adjiman , French academic
Claire Armitstead , British journalist
Claire Backhouse-Sharpe (born 1958), Canadian badminton player
Claire Baker (born 1971), British politician
Claire Bloom (born 1931), English actress
Claire Boucher (born 1988), Canadian musician better known by her stage name Grimes
Claire Bouchet (born 1954), French politician
Claire Bouilhac (born 1970), French bande dessinée illustrator, scriptwriter, and colorist
Claire Buffie (born 1986), American photographer
Claire Butorac (born 1999), American ice hockey player
Claire Byrne (born 1975), Irish journalist and television presenter
Claire Calvert (born 1988), English ballet dancer
Claire Chazal (born 1956), French journalist
Claire Clairmont (1798–1879), stepsister of
Mary Shelley and mother of
Allegra
Claire Coffee (born 1980), American actress
Claire Corlett (born 1999), Canadian actress
Claire Cottrill (born 1998), American musician known by her stage name Clairo
Claire Coutinho (born 1985), British politician
Claire Cox (born 1975), British actress
Claire Cunningham (born 1977), Scottish choreographer
Claire Cupples , Canadian microbiologist
Claire Curzan (born 2004), American competitive swimmer and Olympian
Claire Danes (born 1979), American actress
Clair DeGeorge (born 1999), American ice hockey player
Claire dela Fuente (1958–2021), Filipino singer and businesswoman
Claire Denis (born 1946), French film director and screenwriter
Claire Dodd (1911–1973), American actress
Claire Donahue (born 1989), American swimmer
Claire Emslie (born 1994), Scottish footballer
Claire Etcherelli (1934–2023), French novelist
Claire Fahey (born 1991), British real tennis player
Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997), American artist
Claire Finkelstein , American professor at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Claire Forlani (born 1972), English actress
Claire Fox (born 1960), British journalist, writer and politician
Claire Foy (born 1984), English actress
Claire Guichard (born 1967), French politician
Claire Guion-Firmin (born 1957), French politician
Claire Hardaker (linguist) (born 1981), English forensic and corpus linguist
Claire Hodgkins (1929–2011), American virtuoso violinist
Claire Holt (born 1988), Australian actress
Claire Hooper (born 1976), Australian comedian
Claire Ighodaro , British-born Nigerian chartered management accountant
Claire IsaBelle (born 1962), Canadian politician
Claire Janowski , American retired politician from
Connecticut
Claire Kerrane (born 1992), Irish Sinn Féin politician
Claire Lacombe (1765–1826), French actress
Claire Lomas (born 1980), British campaigner, fundraiser and former event rider
Claire Lovett (1910–2005), Canadian badminton and tennis player
Claire Martens (born 1987), Dutch politician
Claire Martin, people of the same name:
Claire Martin (1914–2014), pseudonym of Canadian author Claire Montreuil
Claire Martin , British-born television weather presenter, now living in Canada
Claire Martin (born 1967), British jazz singer
Claire McCardell (1905–1958), American fashion designer
Claire McCaskill (born 1953), American politician from
Missouri
Claire Moore, people of the same name:
Claire Julie de Nanteuil (1834–1897), French writer
Claire Perry O'Neill (born 1964), British businesswoman and former politician
Claire O'Petit (born 1949), French politician
Claire Rafferty (born 1989), English pundit and professional footballer
Claire Rayner (1931–2010), English journalist and agony aunt
Claire Richards (born 1977), English singer
Claire Rutter (born 1976), English soprano
Claire Perry (born 1964), British politician
Claire Pitollat (born 1979), French politician
Claire Saffitz (born 1986), pastry chef, Youtube personality, contributing editor to
Bon Appétit
Claire Shulman (1926–2020), American politician
Claire Skinner (born 1964), British actress
Claire Smith, people of the same name:
Claire Sterling (1919–1995), American author and journalist
Claire Sugden (born 1986), British politician
Claire Summers , Welsh news presenter
Claire Sweeney (born 1971), English actress, singer, and television personality
Claire Tiltman (1977–1993), English murder victim
Claire Trevor (1910–2000), American actress
Claire Vallée (born 1980), French chef
Claire Waldoff (1884–1957), German singer
Claire Wallace (1900/1906–1968), Canadian journalist and broadcaster
Claire Ward (born 1972), British politician
Claire Williams, people of the same name:
Claire Woolterton (died 1981), American murder victim
Fictional characters
Clair in the
Pokémon universe
Claire in the 2010 video game
Professor Layton and the Lost Future
Claire Bennet in the TV series
Heroes
Claire Dearing , protagonist in the movie
Jurassic World
Claire Dunphy in the TV series
Modern Family
Claire Farron , aka
Lightning , protagonist in the video game
Final Fantasy XIII and its second sequel
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Dr. Claire Finn in the TV series
The Orville
Claire Fisher in the TV series
Six Feet Under
Claire Foley in the
Professor Layton universe
Claire Fraser , the heroine of the
Outlander novel series and
TV series
Clair Huxtable in the TV series
The Cosby Show
Claire Kincaid in the TV series
Law & Order
Claire Kyle in the TV series
My Wife and Kids
Claire Littleton in the TV series
Lost
Claire Lowell, a character in the American sitcom television series
Kate & Allie
Claire Lyons in the novel series
The Clique
Claire Malloy in the eponymous novel series by
Joan Hess
Claire Novak in the TV series
Supernatural
Claire Nuñez , a main character in
Trollhunters :
Tales of Arcadia
Claire Peacock in the TV series
Coronation Street
Claire Redfield in the video game series
Resident Evil
Claire Riesen in the TV series
Dominion
Claire Setilan, an antagonist in the video game
Magna Carta 2
Claire Standish in the film
The Breakfast Club
Claire Temple in the TV series
Daredevil
Claire Underwood in the TV series
House of Cards
Claire Wheeler, Greek Council President in the Pixar film
Monsters University
Claire Kagenou (クレア・カゲノー, Kurea Kagenō) from the light novel, manga and anime
The Eminence in Shadow
Claire,the main protagonist of an animation based on the song
Basics in Behavior
Men
Claire Alexander (born 1945), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Clair Bee (1896–1983), American basketball coach and sports novelist
Lt. Gen.
Claire Lee Chennault (1893–1958), American aviator, commander of the
Flying Tigers
Clair George (1930–2011), veteran officer of the
Central Intelligence Agency
Clair Huffaker (1926–1990), American author
Claire E. Hutchin Jr. (1916–1980), United States Army lieutenant general
Claire Egtvedt (1892–1975), American airplane designer
Claire Frye (1899–1971), American college football player
Claire Konold (born 1938), American politician
Claire L. Straith (1891–1958), American plastic surgeon
Claire Lawrence (born 1939), Canadian musician with the band
Chilliwack and music producer
Clair Cameron Patterson (1922–1995), American geochemist, developer of the lead-lead isotopic dating method who calculated the age of the Earth as 4.55 billion years
Clair Nelson (1940–2019), American politician, farmer, and businessman
Fictional character
See also
References