Is Clarice considered a male or a female name?

Question

Please provide some background/or a reference with your answer. I would rather have facts than someone's opinion. Thank you.

Answer 1

Female - in silence of the lambs jodi foster's character was named clarice.  Clarence is the male version.

Answer 2

female ~ i think its the female version of 'clarence' but im guessing there

makes me think of clarice starling from 'the silence of the lambs'

Answer 3

girl...... and yead...... I though of silence of the lambs right AWAY......  

Answer 4

a girls name and very popular in victorian england.

Answer 5

Female.

I knew a girl named Clarice.

Answer 6

Agree with the Clarice Starling reference, whenever I hear "Clarice", I hear it in Anthony Hopkins' voice-- creepy!!

Clarence would be a similar male name.

Answer 7

Definitely a girl. Clarice was a character in Silence of the Lambs. Clarence is a boys name.... my cat was named Clarence. And my mom had a customer named Clarence.  

Answer 8

It's a girls' name. (And, contrary to what some have written here, not related in any way to the boy's name Clarence.)

Answer 9

http://www.babynames.com/Names/name_disp...

the pink and white symbol next to the names means "female".

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

"Clarice is not in the top 1000 male names for any year of birth in the last 100 years."

"Popularity of the female name Clarice Year of birth Rank

1976 919

1975 a

1974 a

1973 a

1972 a

1971 a

1970 a

1969 a

1968 a

1967 a

1966 a

1965 a

1964 970

1963 a

1962 890

1961 923

1960 787

1959 787

1958 670

1957 662

1956 669

1955 578

1954 559

1953 524

1952 510

1951 569

1950 531

1949 513

1948 513

1947 510

1946 497

1945 510

1944 446

1943 450

1942 370

1941 378

1940 376

1939 356

1938 339

1937 321

1936 304

1935 311

1934 295

1933 289

1932 292

1931 276

1930 279

1929 273

1928 273

1927 274

1926 289

1925 272

1924 280

1923 280

1922 282

1921 275

1920 277

1919 274

1918 272

1917 278

1916 273

1915 270

1914 301

1913 258

1912 284

1911 278

1910 287

1909 294

1908 298

a Not in top 1,000 names for indicated year of birth "