Name · Sound · Chart fit
Clara
Numerology, Saju and astrology notes for the name Clara
- Syllables
- 2
- U.S. rank
- #341
- Given to
- Mostly girls
Clara ranks number 341 among U.S. names since 2000, with 56,745 recorded births behind it.
How Clara sounds
Two syllables make Clara compact enough for everyday use but long enough to carry some melody. Clara ends on an open vowel, which leaves the sound soft and open at the close. Spoken aloud, Clara is smooth and melodic, with the softness the sound-element scheme calls water. Clara is on the way up in U.S. birth records, a name that is gaining ground. U.S. birth records list Clara overwhelmingly for girls.
The Saju view
Because Clara begins with K or hard G, the system counts its first sound as wood, and the first sound weighs double. In Saju, Clara carries wood. That makes it a natural choice for charts where wood is the thinnest of the five elements. In the cycle where each element nourishes the next, wood gives rise to fire, so Clara earns some credit for charts missing fire. A chart that already holds plenty of wood is better served by another name, since Clara would add to it.
Wood soundOpens on wood
The astrology view
For Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, Clara reads as a name from their own element; for Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, as a companion. Charts led by fire and air signs hear the water sound of Clara as a contrast, so it ranks lower there.
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Numerology, for reference
Clara adds up to an Expression number of 8 in Pythagorean numerology, the number of ambition and achievement. Numerologists link the number 8 with ambition: achievement, authority and a head for practical results. Counting only the vowels, Clara comes to 2, the number numerologists connect with peace and partnership. Numerologists link the number 2 with partnership: tact, patience and a talent for working with others. Clara has a Personality number of 6, which numerology ties to the first impression: warm and responsible. The number 6 is read as the number of care, associated with responsibility, a warm home and looking after others.
Names that share its wood sound
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