Given name & surname

Clarys

Clarys is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Clarys isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Clarys through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1921
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19210.0
Clarys in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1921–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1921. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Clarys’s family of names

Clarys may belong to the same name family as CLARYSS. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Clarys’s family in the name graph

ClarysClarisClaryss

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Clarys, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

French · Old-fashioned

Clarice

“fame”

32RareSteady

>99% girls

Literary

Alys

“noble” · “kind”

25RareRising fast

>99% girls

Welsh · Old-fashioned

Gladys

“one who is lame”

32RareEasing

>99% girls

Latin · Old-fashioned

Clair

“one who is bright”

26RareEasing

3% boys · 97% girls

 

Clarabelle

Clarabelle is a variant of Clara. Clara is connected with the Latin idea of being famous, and is also interpreted through brightness.

27RareRising

>99% girls

Literary

Alyce

“noble” · “kind”

29RareEasing

>99% girls

Greek · Vintage revival

Eris

“wind”

44UncommonRising

13% boys · 87% girls

Italian

Arietta

“a short but beautiful melody”

18Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Clarys’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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