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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Clara f. Latin clara 'clear, bright'.

The name of a 13th C Italian saint.

Czech Republic
Latin
1349 Clara (nom) chlumecky 96, Clare (dat) ibid. 98; 1350 Clara (nom) ibid. 192, Clare (dat) ibid. 179; 1353 Clara (nom) ibid. 116, Clare (dat) ibid. 119; 1355 Clara (nom) ibid. 114; 1356 Clare (dat) ibid. 164; 1358 Clara (nom) ibid. 210, p. 30
England
Latin
1377 Clara (nom) FenPT-2 p. 4; 1381 Clare (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 82
1300 Clarote (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 238
Early Modern English
1587 Cleare DEmar-vol2 p. 13
France
Latin
1138x1162 Clara (abl) clairvaux-12thc 74; 1179 Cara (abl) ibid. 173, Clara (abl) ibid. 172
Germany
Early New High German
1497 Clara Nurn1497 52
Italy
Latin
1304 Clara (nom) AnnMin6 XII, Claræ (gen) ibid. XII
1265x1339 Clarina (nom) BBC-Berg 80
Spain
Latin
1487 Clara (nom) carbonell p. 11; 1488 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 16; 1489 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 30, Clarae (gen) ibid. p. 30; 1490 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 43; 1491 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 52; 1492 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 66
Catalan
1510 Clara valencia1510 3693
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Clara". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Clara.