Clarice

Meaning: Bright, clear, famous
Origin: French (from Latin) — Variant of Clarissa

Girl's name · #3111 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Clarice holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#3111 in 2025). About 25,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#797 in Belgium (2025) · #1,960 in Switzerland (2025).

Famous Clarices

Clarice Lispector — Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)
Clarice Orsini — Wife of Lorenzo de' Medici
Clarice de' Medici — Italian noble (1489–1528)
Clarice Benini — Italian chess player (1905–1976)
Clarice Phelps — African American nuclear chemist

In stories & tradition

Clarice Starling — Hannibal (book)
Clarice (Blink) — Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)
Clarice^ja — Two Chips and a Miss (film)

What Clarices become

Among 85 notable people named Clarice:

Artists & writers appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977).

Similar names: Clarissa · Leonor · Clarity · Eunice · Rosella · Pauline

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