Sara Clarice?

Hello again Berries,

I am on search for a name to my pink bundle, and I found Sara while looking back into my family tree. It seems it was a carry-on name, but it stopped six generations ago, so I am considering bringing it back. My husband agrees that it is a nice name, but I am unsure if it good choice because it is so popular these days. What do you think about that?
As I was considering this name I wanted a middle name linked to my husbands family, which is where I found Clarice. I think it would sounds … refreshing next to Sara. But what do you think about it? What other middle names do you think would match?

Thank-you already!

  • [name]Jackie[/name]

I quite like [name]Sara[/name] [name]Clarice[/name]. If you were looking for a less popular alternative to [name]Sara[/name], [name]Seraphina[/name] nn [name]Sera[/name] always works. So does [name]Soraya[/name], [name]Samara[/name], [name]Sarita[/name], [name]Saoirse[/name] or [name]Serena[/name].

As for other middle names…
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Claire[/name] (but a little plain/popular)
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Claudine[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Verity[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Thisbe[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Veronique[/name]

I can’t help but think of [name]Silence[/name] of the Lambs everytime I hear [name]Clarice[/name]…but it does flow well with [name]Sara[/name].

[name]Sara[/name] is not as popular as it was 20 years ago, so it don’t think it’s too common to use now. It’s a lovely, classic name, and it might look fresh in a sea of Isabelles and Sophias.

I think [name]Sara[/name] is positively lovely! It makes me think of [name]Sara[/name] [name]Crewe[/name] in [name]Frances[/name] [name]Hodgson[/name] [name]Burnett[/name]'s A [name]Little[/name] [name]Princess[/name]. [name]Sara[/name] [name]Clarice[/name] is wonderfully sweet with a slight vintage feel.

I think [name]Sara[/name] [name]Clarice[/name] is a lovely name. I agree that usually [name]Clarice[/name] alone reminds me of [name]Silence[/name] of the Lambs, however paired as a middle name it is a beautiful name. I didn’t even think about that initially.

It is okay. I like:

[name]Sara[/name] [name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Willow[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Lorelei[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name]

I don’t think [name]Sara[/name] is that popular nowadays. It’s certainly a classic. I know one [name]Sara[/name], a cousin. She must be in her twenties. Only [name]Sara[/name] I’ve ever met or known.