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Clarice - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Clarice

[ 2 syll. cla-ri-ce, cl-ar-ice ] The girl name Clarice is pronounced as KLerIYS KEY. Clarice is primarily used in English and French, and its language of origin is Latin. Clarice is a pet form of the English name Clare.

Clarice is rare as a baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1913, 0.049% of baby girls were named Clarice. Its ranking then was #258. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is now of irregular use. Out of the group of girl names directly related to Clarice, the English Clare was the most commonly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Clarice include the English Chloris, the English and French Clarisse, the English Cloris, the Spanish Clarisa, the English, German, and Italian Clarissa, the English Clarizza, the Hungarian and Slavic Klarika, and the German and Latinized Klarissa.

KEY: Pronunciation for Clarice: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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