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Girl

Claribel

Combination of Clara and the common name suffix bel, from Latin bella "beautiful".

Quick answer

Claribel is a girl name.

GenderGirl

Meaning and history

Combination of Clara and the common name suffix bel, from Latin bella "beautiful". This name was used by Edmund Spenser in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590; in the form Claribell ) and by Shakespeare in his play The Tempest (1611). Alfred Tennyson also wrote a poem entitled Claribel (1830).

Notes and context

Usage: english