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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : habitational name from any of four places called Sainte Claire, in Aisne, Alpes-Maritime, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Oise, named from a religious dedication to (the female) St. Claire.
  • North American variant spelling of St. Clair.

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