Clara

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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

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Clara f. Latin clara 'clear, bright'.

The name of a 13th C Italian saint.

Belgium

Dutch: ● 1597x1598 Clara BoonenGes p. 339

Czech Republic

Latin: ● 1343 Clara (nom) Rössler2 20, p. 13; 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, Clare (dat) ibid. 265, p. 32

England

Latin: ● 1377 Clara (nom) FenPT-2 p. 4; 1381 Clare (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 82; ◑ 1300 Clarote (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 238
Dutch: ● 1591 Clara AuFr Franssen; 1597 Clara ibid. Colijns; 1598 Clara ibid. Duijman
Early Modern English: ● 1587 Cleare DEmar-vol2 p. 13
Walloon: ◑ 1581 Clarette RWC p. 562; 1582 Clarette ibid. p. 4

France

Latin: ● 1138x1162 Clara (abl) clairvaux-12thc 74; 1179 Cara (abl) ibid. 173, Clara (abl) ibid. 172
Middle French: ● 1564 Claire RegPCC-1 p. 54; 1567 Claire ibid. p. 313

Germany

Early New High German: ● 1497 Clara Nurn1497 52

Hungary

Latin: ● 1305 Clara (nom) Slíz p. 79, s.n. Clara; 1308 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 79, s.n. Clara; 1309 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 79, s.n. Clara; 1311 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 79, s.n. Clara; 1323 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 79, s.n. Clara; 1325 Clare (dat) ibid. p. 79, s.n. Clara; 1331 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 79, s.n. Clara; 1332 Clara (nom) ibid. pp. 79-80, s.n. Clara; 1334 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clara; 1335 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clara, Clare (dat) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clara; 1336 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clara; 1337 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clara; 1338 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clara; 1339 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clara; 1341 Clara (nom) ibid. p. 80, s.n. Clara

Italy

Latin: ● 1304 Clara (nom) AnnMin6 XII, Claræ (gen) ibid. XII; ◑ 1265x1339 Clarina (nom) BBC-Berg 80

Spain

Latin: ● 1487 Clara (nom) carbonell-I 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
Spanish: ● 1576 Clara Catalogo-5.2 4050

Cite as: M. Slíz, S.L. Uckelman. "Clara". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Clara.