St Clare as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of St Clare

What is the meaning of the name St Clare ?

The baby name St Clare is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced klair (IPA: /klɛər/).

St Clare is English in Origin.

St Clare fuses the honorific "Saint" with Clare, the English form of Latin Clara from clarus, "clear, bright, famous." Through French Claire and Italian Chiara, the name has broad European reach. Spellings vary: St. Clare, Saint-Clare, St Claire, Saint Claire. Related forms include Clare, Claire, Clara, Chiara, Klara; cognates: St Clair, Sinclair.

Used in the British Isles as a compound given name on the model of St John, St Clare is rare but attested in Catholic and Anglican records from the 18th-19th centuries, sometimes hyphenated or written with a period. Today it functions mainly as a devotional or honor-name, or a reinterpretation of the surname St Clair/Sinclair. Meaning centers on brightness and renown, reinforced by Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-1253), founder of the Poor Clares, whose legacy adds ideals of humility and steadfast faith. Predominantly feminine when honoring the saint; occasionally unisex via the Sinclair link.

⚙ St Clare doesn't appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. However you look at it, very few people share it.