Clarise

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning bright and clear; a form of Clarissa.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Clarise by the numbers

Clarise was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Clarissa

Like Clarise, each of these traces back to Clarissa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Klarissabright, clear; variant of Clarissa52 in the US (2017)
  • Claryssabright and clear; spelling variant of Clarissa8 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clarise. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Claricebright; clear; from Clarus50 in the US (2017)
  • Clarisabright and clear; a form of Clarissa29 in the US (2017)
  • Clarissebright and clear; feminine form of Clarus21 in the US (2017)
  • Clariebright and clear; form of Clare8 in the US (2017)
  • Claireclear, bright4,683 in the US (2017)
  • Clarissabright, clear; feminine form of Clarus430 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean light

Like Clarise, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Eleanorshining light5,519 in the US (2017)
  • Ellieshining light; short for Eleanor5,000 in the US (2017)
  • Lucyborn of light4,564 in the US (2017)
  • Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)
  • Lucabringer of light3,266 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Clarise

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