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My dad and I got into an argument last night over which name sounds better: Claire, or Clara.

Thoughts?

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I like Claire better because, well, it's the name of a character that I write and because my mom has a friend who's a total bitch and her name is Clara. So Clara sounds like an old, gossipy hausfrau's name to me. The rising popularity of Claire in the last year or two is disappointing though.

In the interest of full and random disclosure, I have five hamsters and these are their names. None of them will be used on future children, I assure:

L.D. (short for Lord Denning)
Ovaltine
Milo
Widget
Poe

LD is named after a British judge, Ovaltine and Milo after beverages, Poe after Edgar Allen, and Widget looked like a Widget when I got him.