Claribel - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 3 syll. cla-ri-bel, cl-arib-el ] The girl name Claribel is pronounced as KLEHRahBEHL ^KEY. Claribel is used predominantly in English and it is derived from Latin origins. Derived from the element 'clarus' with the meaning clear, bright, famous. The name is from the combination of Clara with either the suffix '-bel', or else other names such as Annabel or Isabel. It was well used in literature, for characters in Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590,1596), Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611), and Lord Tennyson's poem Claribel (1830).

The name Claribell (English) and the name Klarybel (Polish) are variations of Claribel. See also the related form, Clare (English).

Claribel is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1907, 0.007% of baby girls were named Claribel. It ranked at #776 then. The baby name has since dropped in popularity, and is currently of sporadic use. In 2007, within the group of girl names directly related to Claribel, Clare (English) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Claribel include the name Claribell (English) and the name Klarybel (Polish).

^KEY: Pronunciation for Claribel: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"

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