[name]Do[/name] you see a [name]Clare[/name] differently from a [name]Claire[/name]?
[name]Do[/name] you prefer one to the other, or like them both equally but see them on different sorts of people?
I’d be interested in anything you have about impressions or visualizations or whatever.
[name]Clare[/name] is an Irish county while [name]Claire[/name] is the French version. I don’t see them any differently although some may feel that [name]Claire[/name] is the “classic” spelling. I prefer [name]Claire[/name] myself even though I have Irish heritage and [name]Clare[/name] is my mother’s middle name. [name]Aren[/name]'t I awful? 
County [name]Clare[/name] is where my husband’s family is from actually. It would be a little connection in that way. I thought [name]Clare[/name] had a history as a given name too though? Not [name]JUST[/name] a place name? Behind the Name says it dates as a name back to the Middle Ages. Hmm.
[name]Claire[/name] seems more feminine to me
I don’t imagine a [name]Clare[/name] or [name]Claire[/name] any differently. [name]Both[/name] are legitimate spellings, and I like the family connection [name]Clare[/name] would give your daughter.
I prefer [name]Clare[/name]. I’ve always seen the i in [name]Claire[/name] as being completely unnecessary.
I believe [name]Clare[/name] is the older and original spelling,Latin?
For me, [name]Claire[/name] is more feminine/soft/kind of wholesome feeling whereas [name]Clare[/name] feels very crisp, clean, “clear” to me.
When I picture a [name]Claire[/name] she has long curly brown hair, [name]Clare[/name] has a short blonde bob. Cant really say why.
I prefer [name]Claire[/name] (obviously) even though I do have Irish Heritage, it just seems more classic to me. I have found most people assume it is spelled [name]Claire[/name] so that makes it easier too. They are both beautiful though.
I’m not Catholic, but I believe there was a saint named [name]Clare[/name]. I had a friend who was going to purposely use the [name]Clare[/name] spelling after that saint.
I personally prefer [name]Claire[/name], but that may be because I had a wonderful childhood friend named [name]Claire[/name] and that’s what I’m accustomed to. [name]Clare[/name] doesn’t seem right to me. I prefer the [name]Claire[/name] spelling.
I am a bit weird about some spellings - [name]Catherine[/name] and [name]Katharine[/name] look different in my head, etc. And there’s that famous bit in [name]Anne[/name] of [name]Green[/name] Gables about the difference between [name]Ann[/name] and [name]Anne[/name].
So I wanted to see if there were a lot of reactions about either, good or bad. From what I can tell (I just spent a little while furiously Googling) [name]Clare[/name] is the original, but [name]Claire[/name] is now the more standard/common. I like to spell names the “right” way but in this case they each feel like they could be the “right” answer.
I could take the simplest way out - and let my husband pick whichever he likes better. 
Thanks everyone!
My name is [name]Clare[/name]. I’m half Irish, so I was named after the [name]Saint[/name]/County. I like the [name]Clare[/name] spelling better, but most people misspell my name as [name]Claire[/name], and sometimes [name]Clair[/name]. [name]Even[/name] people who have known me for years misspell it. :> I’m used to it, so it doesn’t bother me, but it may be something you want to consider. I agree with the previous poster who said that the i is unnecessary.
[name]Clare[/name] seems more of an actual name - not sure why but [name]Claire[/name] seems more made-up to me. Hurm. [name]Adore[/name] [name]Clare[/name]
I had a great-UNCLE named [name]Clare[/name], so it’s always seemed like a masculine name to me.
I honestly love them both and have trouble deciding myself. They are both completely feminine to me–[name]Clair[/name] is masculine. [name]Clare[/name] is bright, clear, streamlined, and sophisticated while [name]Claire[/name] is sweet, classic, simple, and beautiful.
I’m a [name]Claire[/name] with an “i” and I really have no preference. I think both are pretty, though to me, “my” spelling makes sense, because you can hear the “air” sound in both versions…but “ar” doesn’t make that sound. I wouldn’t mind my name being spelled [name]Clare[/name], I just HATE “[name]Clair[/name]”. People never misspell my name “[name]Clare[/name]”, but I often get “[name]Clair[/name]”.
I went to school with a [name]Clare[/name] and a [name]Claire[/name]. I think prefer [name]Claire[/name]. [name]Clare[/name] looks incomplete and misspelled.
I see [name]Clare[/name] as a Catholic name, and [name]Claire[/name] as a secular name…[name]Both[/name] are lovely.