Chiara is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “bright.” In 2024 it was given to 219 girls in the United States.
Chiara belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “bright” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Chiara first appears in Social Security records in 1951. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1054 in 2002, and in 2024 219 babies received the name — 5,699 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Chiara means “bright” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Chiara is a girl name. In 2024, 219 babies received the name in the US.
Chiara comes from the Italian tradition.
Chiara first appears in US records in 1951. Its best-ever ranking was #1054 in 2002, and 219 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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