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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Clarice f. Latin claricia 'a shining, gleaming, glowing'.

The name of the wife of Lorenzo dei Medici.

Belgium
Middle Dutch
1336 Clarissien (dat) RSG1336-39 p. 15
Brabant
Latin
1312 Clarissia (nom) JeanIII p. 27
England
Latin
1189 Claricia (nom) GASurv p. 165, Clariz (gen) ibid. p. 131; 1296 Claricie (gen) RCS-1 p. 95a; 1300 Clarice (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 233; 1340xc1450 Claricia (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 32, Clarissa (nom) ibid. p. 67; 1379 Claricia (nom) WRYPT1 p. 17; 1381 Claricia (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 68, Claryssia (nom) ibid. p. 82
Early Modern English
1574 Claris COmar-vol2 p. 70
Walloon
1582/3 Clarisse RWC p. 6; 1583 Clarisse ibid. p. 6; 1592 Claris ibid. p. 22
France
Latin
1271 Claricia (nom) NDParisII 1-XIX, Claricie (gen) ibid. 1-XIX; 1301 Claricia (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 217
Old French
1301 Clarisse (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 233; 1313 Clarice Paris1313 p. 39
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Clarice". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Clarice.