as a Last Name
- 4,413
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Clare
Meaning & Origins
Irish and English: habitational name from Clare in Suffolk (probably named with a Celtic river name meaning ‘bright’, ‘gentle’, or ‘warm’). One of the first Normans in Ireland (1170–72) was Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, better known as ‘Strongbow’, who took his surname from his estate in Suffolk.
| 7,579th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,413
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alaska
- has the most people named Clare per capita
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