Given name & surname
Clarita
Clarita is a variant of Clara. Clara is connected with the Latin idea of being famous, and is also interpreted through brightness.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Clarita is a variant of Clara. Clara is connected with the Latin idea of being famous, and is also interpreted through brightness.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Clarita is a variant of Clara. Clara is a post-classical Latin name used in English, Italian, and German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Clarita is a variant of Clara. The shared background comes through Clara: Clara uses the feminine form of Latin clarus. In English, it represents a return to the Latin form alongside the established spelling Clare.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Clarita is a variant of Clara. The history of Clara gives this family its wider story. Clara’s history includes English, Italian, and German use. In the Scottish Highlands, it also served as a translation equivalent of Sorcha.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Clarita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,244
- 0 boys · 1,244 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,155 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,155 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,559 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Clarita’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Clarita is a diminutive of Clara. Clarita has a related form in Clara. In Spanish usage, Clarita has a conventional equivalent in the German form Clara.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Clarita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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