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What does Cara mean?
Cara 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced KAR-ah, KEER-ah. It is of Latin, Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Cara is "beloved; friend". 20th-century coinage: feminine form of the Latin and Italian word for "dear". In Irish "cara" means "friend". See also Caroline.
STARTS WITH Car-
ASSOCIATED WITH irish, 20th century (modern)
Variations
VARIANTS Caera, Carabelle, Caragh, Carah, Caralea, Caralee, Caralia, Caralie, Caralin, Caralyn, Caranda, Caretta, Carina, Carine, Carrie▼, Carry, Kaara, Kaira, Kara▼, Karalee, Karina▼, Karine, Karra, Karrie▼, Karry, Lacara
SEE ALSO Careen, Carissa, Carita, Charis
RELATED FORMS VIA CAROLINE Caddy, Cari▼, Carla▼, Carlan, Carlen, Carley▼, Carlin, Carlina, Carlita, Carlota, Carly▼, Carlyn, Carlyna, Caro, Carol▼, Carola, Carolan, Carole▼, Caroll, Carri, Cary▼, Charla▼, Ina▼, Karla▼, Karli▼, Lina, Sharla▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cara Brylee (C.B.), ..
How popular is Cara?
Cara is a very popular first name for females (#523 out of 4276, Top 12%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#26419 out of 150436, Top 18%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Cara reached its highest position of #205 in the U.S. during 1980-1989, and is at #873 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Caroline (#55 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Carly (#483), Kara (#500), Karina (#600), Karla (#626), Lina (#760), Carla (#1022), Carina (#1072), Kaira (#1429), Carley (#1443), Carrie (#1768), Carol (#1788), Karli (#1831), Carissa (#1986), Charla, Karrie, Ina, Carri, Charis, Cary, Carry, Cari, Caroll, Carole, Carola, Caro, Carlyn, Carlota and Sharla are the prominent related forms of Cara (#873) appearing in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Cara was common 78 years ago (ADOPTION OF 2.66%) and has become significantly reduced since (ADOPTION 0.49%, ▼82%), with versions such as Carol falling out of fashion. Caroline has been the most prominent.
Similar Names
Cara▼ is alike in pronunciation to Caree, Carey▼, Carie▼, Coree, Corey▼, Cori, Corie, Corry, Cory▼, Kari▼, Keara▼, Keira▼, Kera, Keri▼, Kerra, Kiara▼, Kiarra▼, Kiera▼, Kiri, Kirya, Kora▲, Kori▲, Kyrha, Kyria and Kyrra. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bara, Cala, Cama, Carma, Carna, Ceara, Cearaa, Cearia, Cearra, Ceira, Cera, Cerea, Ceri, Ceria, Char, Chara, Chari, Ciaara, Ciara▼, Ciarra▼, Cieara, Ciera▼, Cira, Ciri, Clara▼, Cor, Cyra, Cyrah, Dara▲, Fara, Iara, Lara, Mara▲, Sara▼, Tara▼, Yara▲ and Zara▲. These names tend to be less frequently used than Cara.
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