Clara
Most Poles have never met one, but it's climbing: more girls got it last year than in years past. A Latin name at root, meaning "bright, clear".
Clara Pronunciation
Clara is pronounced TSLAH-rah (/ˈt͡slara/).
What Clara means
Where Clara comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Clara descends from the Latin clarus, an adjective that meant bright and clear, and by extension famous or renowned. Both senses travel with the name. In Polish the same word is rendered as jasna, clear as daylight, and sławna, known to many.
The best-documented bearer is Saint Clare of Assisi, born Chiara in 1194, who founded the order that Poland still calls the Klaryski. Her feast falls on the eleventh of August, and that is the day a Klara marks her imieniny.
The variant Klara is the form a Polish child usually meets first, printed with a k where the international Clara keeps its c. Same root, same brightness. A teacher reading the register aloud hears both senses at once, the bright and the clear.
How many people are named Clara
1 in 25273 women in Poland is named Clara. 892 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1005 among female names.
Clara's popularity over time
23 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #487 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where Clara is most popular
Clara is most popular in Masovian, 115% above the national average (32 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+51%) and Łódź (+50%). It is least common in Lublin and Silesian, 54% and 48% below average respectively.
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Masovian32 girls born+115%
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Lower Silesian10 girls born+51%
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Łódź8 girls born+50%
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West Pomeranian5 girls born+41%
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Subcarpathian7 girls born+38%
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Lesser Poland9 girls born−6%
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Pomeranian5 girls born−19%
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Warmian-Masurian2 girls born−34%
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Greater Poland6 girls born−34%
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Silesian5 girls born−48%
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Lublin2 girls born−54%
Clara as a middle name
Clara is a first name for 892 women in Poland and a middle name for another 224, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 452nd, between Margot (225) and Cecilia (222).
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#450 Eunika225
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#451 Margot225
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#452 Clara224
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#453 Cecilia222
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#454 Livia222