Clair/Clare/Claire

See the results of this poll: Which is the best Kuh-lair?

Respondents: 55 (This poll is closed)

  • Clare : 4 (7%)
  • Claire : 51 (93%)
  • Clair: 0 (0%)

[name_f]Claire[/name_f] is my favorite. I think you’re right - people would always be adding the e to the end of [name_u]Clair[/name_u].

I prefer the spelling [name_f]Claire[/name_f] and I agree [name_u]Clair[/name_u] looks like it’s lacking.
Siblings could be
Girls:
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]
[name_u]Kelsey[/name_u]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]

Boys:
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_m]Liam[/name_m]
[name_u]Aiden[/name_u]
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_u]Micah[/name_u]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]

1 [name_f]Claire[/name_f] - [name_m]French[/name_m] version
2 [name_u]Clare[/name_u] - English version and place name of Irish county
3 [name_u]Clair[/name_u] - this looks incomplete

I don’t know anyone who pronounces the name as “kuh-lair”. From what region of [name_u]America[/name_u] are you?

Siblings for [name_f]Claire[/name_f]

Sisters: [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_f]Elise[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Ruth[/name_f], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f]/[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]

Brothers: [name_m]Grant[/name_m], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_m]Lucas[/name_m], [name_m]Joseph[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Miles[/name_m], [name_m]Graham[/name_m], [name_m]John[/name_m]/[name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Oscar[/name_m]

Yes, I also prefer [name_f]Claire[/name_f]. And I prn it as one syllable not Ku lare.

Thanks to everyone who responded.
And I’m from the midwest, though I’m pretty sure I pronounce it the same as everyone else. I guess my phonetic spelling wasn’t very accurate, sorry about that.

I like the [name_f]Claire[/name_f] spelling. I’ve never seen it spelled another way outside books and the Internet, so [name_u]Clare[/name_u] and [name_u]Clair[/name_u] just don’t look right to me.

Deff [name_f]Claire[/name_f]. I could get on bored with [name_u]Clare[/name_u] if I had to, but [name_u]Clair[/name_u] is incomplete. I actually relate it more to “chair” than the name…

I prefer [name_f]Claire[/name_f] (also 1 syllable for me), but my best friend has a female [name_u]Clare[/name_u] in her family too :slight_smile:

I would pick something classic/vintage to go with [name_f]Claire[/name_f], but a modern, stylish name would work too.

Here are the sibling listings from the UK site bounty.com - users put in siblings they know for [name_f]Claire[/name_f] and the most common ones are listed. (I have combined some of the common middles for [name_f]Claire[/name_f] as well, to extend the list).

Girls: [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], [name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f], [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Anne[/name_f]
Boys: [name_m]Andrew[/name_m], [name_m]Daniel[/name_m], [name_m]Scott[/name_m], [name_m]David[/name_m]

I would also add;

G: [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Diana[/name_f], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Lauren[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_u]Meredith[/name_u], [name_f]Gemma[/name_f], [name_f]Kirsty[/name_f]
B: [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_u]Alfie[/name_u], [name_u]Dexter[/name_u], [name_m]Connor[/name_m], [name_m]Nathan[/name_m], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Luke[/name_m], [name_m]Jake[/name_m], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m]

I prefer [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_u]Clare[/name_u] is okay but I don’t like [name_u]Clair[/name_u] at all.