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Clarice
Say it: KLAIR-iss
Meaning
From medieval Latin Claritia, from clarus 'clear, bright, famous'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in England from the 13th century and later through romance literature.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 25,353 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1906, about 1 in 2,200 girls
- 35 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Claricia, Clarissa
| Latin | Claritia |
|---|---|
| French | Clarisse |
| Italian | Clarice |
Famous bearers
- Clarice Orsini, wife of Lorenzo de' Medici
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.