Chiara (name)

Chiara is both a feminine Italian given name and a surname. It is the Italian form of the name Clara. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Saint Clare of Assisi, in Italian Chiara d'Assisi
• Saint Clare of Montefalco, in Italian Chiara da Montefalco
• Chiara Berti, contestant on US TV show Big Brother 3.
• Chiara Boggiatto, Italian Olympic swimmer (born 1986)
• Chiara Civello, Italian singer-songwriter
• Chiara Iezzi, Italian singer (born 1973)
• Chiara Ferragni, Italian blogger and fashion designer
• Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement
• Chiara Mastalli, Italian actress, appears in the HBO series Rome
• Chiara Mastroianni, Italian-French actress (born 1972)
• Chiara Nappi, Italian physicist
• Chiara Siracusa, Maltese pop singer, best known by the mononym Chiara
• Chiara Zanni, Canadian voice actress
• Chiara Zorzi, regent for her son the Duke of Athens (d. 1454)
• Paola e Chiara, Italian sisters and pop singers
• Edelfa Chiara Masciotta, Miss Italia for 2005
• Chiara Caselli, Italian actress

Surname:

• Francesca Chiara, Italian singer with the band Lovecrave
• Margaret Chiara, U.S. attorney fired by the George W. Bush administration
• Maria Chiara, Italian lyric soprano
• Piero Chiara, Italian writer (1913–1986)