Name meaning & stats
Clair
Clair means “bright, clear” (French origin). 6,738 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“bright, clear”
FrenchSpelling of Claire
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
6,738 US babies were named Clair between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Clair (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)