Name meaning & stats
Klara
Klara means “bright, shining, clear” (Latin origin). 2,945 US babies since 1940, peak 2019.
What it means
“bright, shining, clear”
LatinForm of Clara
In US birth records
Peak year: 2019
2,945 US babies were named Klara between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Klara (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 38 Claras spell it Klara
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2019)