Fun Facts About the Name Klaire
- More than 1 thousand babies named Klaire: U.S. records list 1,814 babies given the name Klaire from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Klaire Mean?
Klaire is a variant spelling of Claire, the French form of the Latin name Clara, which is the feminine of the Latin adjective clarus, meaning "clear," "bright," or "distinct." In Latin usage the word also carried the sense "illustrious" or "famous," so the name is often glossed as "bright" or "clear" with an overtone of renown. The spelled-out meaning is a direct translation of clarus, not a symbolic reading added later.
The name has no separate etymology of its own: Klaire is simply Claire written with an initial K, a respelling used in English-speaking countries where a hard c is sometimes replaced by k. The parent name in English is usually Clare or Claire; the German and Scandinavian form is Klara.
Klaire Name History & Origins
The Latin Clara was in use as a personal name in the Middle Ages and was spread widely by devotion to Saint Clare of Assisi (born Chiara Offreduccio, 1194 - 1253), who founded the order of Franciscan women known in English as the Poor Clares. Her name in Italian was Chiara, from the same Latin root. Through medieval Latin and the romance languages the name passed into French as Claire and into English as Clare.
Klaire is a modern English respelling rather than an older historical form. The substitution of K for a hard C became a familiar pattern in English-speaking countries in the 20th century, especially in the United States, where such spellings were applied to many established names. The pronunciation was not affected by the change: Klaire is said the same way as Claire. The -aire ending reflects the French spelling rather than the German or Scandinavian Klara.
How Popular is the Name Klaire?
Klaire has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #1,924 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,977 | 56 | 0.0035% |
| 2024 | #2,672 | 65 | 0.0040% |
| 2023 | #2,718 | 64 | 0.0040% |
| 2022 | #2,770 | 62 | 0.0038% |
| 2021 | #2,978 | 56 | 0.0034% |
| 2020 | #2,586 | 66 | 0.0041% |
| 2019 | #2,389 | 75 | 0.0045% |
| 2018 | #2,448 | 73 | 0.0043% |
| 2017 | #2,262 | 83 | 0.0048% |
| 2016 | #2,025 | 98 | 0.0055% |
| 2015 | #2,466 | 74 | 0.0041% |
| 2014 | #2,105 | 92 | 0.0052% |
| 2013 | #2,248 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 2012 | #1,924 | 103 | 0.0058% |
| 2011 | #2,470 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 2010 | #2,627 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2009 | #2,815 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 2008 | #2,939 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2007 | #2,586 | 72 | 0.0037% |
| 2006 | #3,534 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2005 | #4,159 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #3,365 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2003 | #3,988 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2002 | #4,228 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #4,627 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2000 | #3,833 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1999 | #3,471 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1998 | #4,436 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1997 | #4,304 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #6,566 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #6,848 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #7,365 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #8,386 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #9,979 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #12,294 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #9,190 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #7,063 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #9,039 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #11,343 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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