Anonymous wrote:Catholic spelling is Claire

You know that most French and Irish are Catholic, right?

Catholic spelling is Claire

Anonymous wrote:My grandpa's name was Clare although he was called by a nickname. I don't know how common that is though or if it was a man's name ever?

As a kid, my Methodist pastor was a man named Clair.

Clare. County Clare. Ireland. Ail 4 grand-parents emigrated from there. Both my girls have it as their middle name.

Anonymous wrote:My grandpa's name was Clare although he was called by a nickname. I don't know how common that is though or if it was a man's name ever?

Tess of the D'Urbevilles was in love with a male Clare

Anonymous wrote:Clare is the male spelling (not a common male name anymore though obv). I would go with Claire

No, Clare is the Irish spelling, Claire is the French spelling.

I used the I because my husband felt strongly about it but I prefer it without. I had a beloved elderly relative that used the Irish spelling as her middle name (was her confirmation name but then she just began using it as she preferred it over the original middle name).
The I seems stupid to me as it does not work in the name and when they start to learn phonics it won’t make sense to them. But oTOH, it’s easier to find crap like pencils and key chains and mugs with the I.

I like Clare. It's the family name, it looks pretty, and it's unique.

Claire

Do you have an Irish last name? If so, Clare for sure. If not, whatever you like. Agree that you will run into all kinds of spelling of names once your kid is in school. My name has a double letter, while it's typically spelled with just a single letter. No big deal to me, but spelled wrong all the time through the years. Even now at Starbucks!

Clare is the best least common. I’m a Clare and others in my work place are Claire. It is so annoying when people spell my name with an i.

I prefer Claire bu I think u should go with the family spelling

Claire.

Clare.

Claire, you will have to spend the rest of your life explaining it's clare without an I