Claret
given name · Latin script
Meaning: diminutive of Clara/Claire; first attested John Clarrot 1279 RH (Hu)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/klaɾet̪/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Claret is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country.
- VEVenezuela1 in 31K(measured from records)
- PEPeru≈1 in 135K
- BOBolivia≈1 in 50K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Venezuela (measured from records)
- Sources
- 80 (measured from records)
- 1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)
927 people
Highest-authority source
Venezuela
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
diminutive of Clara/Claire; first attested John Clarrot 1279 RH (Hu)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Claret counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | #503 | 927 | 1 in 31K | 927 | Claret | 36 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 396K | — | Claret | 10 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 203K | — | Claret | 8 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 193K | — | Claret | 32 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 135K | — | Claret | 34 |
| BO Bolivia | #821 | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Claret | 23 |
| CR Costa Rica | #914 | 27 | 1 in 189K | 27 | Claret | 6 |
927 people counted by asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Claret is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
clear, in Catalan
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In English, red wine
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Indonesian, claret: a dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, third-person singular present active subjunctive of clārō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourretteb. 1729FRFrench botanist (1729-1793)
- Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieub. 1738FRFrench explorer and politician (1738–1810)
- Anthony Mary Claretb. 1807ESSpanish Roman Catholic bishop, missionary and saint (1807-1870)
- Louise Marguerite Claret de la Toucheb. 1868FRFrench nun (1868-1915)
- Joan Palà i Claretb. 1876ESSpanish businessperson and politician (1876-1960)
- Cathy Claretb. 1963FRFrench singer
- Emmanuelle Claretb. 1968FRFrench biathlete (1968–2013)
- Curro Claretb. 1968ESSpanish designer
- Jaume Claret Mirandab. 1973ESSpanish historian
- Chantal Claretb. 1982USAmerican singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 23 countries.
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Claret mean, and where does it come from?
- diminutive of Clara/Claire; first attested John Clarrot 1279 RH (Hu) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Claret?
- A machine transcription gives /klaɾet̪/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Claret a male or female name?
- Claret is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Claret have the most bearers?
- In Venezuela, the national register counted about 927 people named Claret, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled claret.
- Where is Claret most common?
- Claret is densest in Venezuela, where the national register counts about 1 in 31 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Claret?
- In Venezuela, the national register counted 927 people named Claret, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
- How common is Claret compared with other names?
- In Venezuela, Claret is the 503rd most common given name of 218,181 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Claret?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/claretThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Claret” — the 503rd most common given name in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.