Given name
Klára
“bright, shining, clear”
Klára is a feminine given name from Latin, meaning “bright, shining, clear.” It is used in Czech, Hungarian, Faroese, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Klára’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Klára has a diminutive in Klárika. In Czech usage, Klára has a conventional equivalent in the French form Claire. In Hungarian usage, Klára has a conventional equivalent in the German form Clara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Klára has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Klára
- Klára KoukalováCzech tennis playerborn 1982
- Klára DobrevHungarian politician, economist, jurist (1972–)
- Klára Dán von NeumannHungarian computer scientist (1911-1963)
- Klára IssováCzech actressborn 1979
- Klára Fried-BánfalviHungarian sprint canoer (1931–2009)
- Klára RajnaiHungarian canoe racerborn 1953
- Klára KolouchováCzech mountain climber (1978–2025)
- Klára UngárHungarian politician (1958)
- Klára MelíškováCzech actressborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Klaudija
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Claira is a feminine given name from Latin.
>99% girls
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Anassagora
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Intra
“within, inside”
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