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Meaning of name Cara

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Meaning

The name Cara has the following meaning:

Latin for "Darling". It's popularity started growing in the 1970s. A simple but elegantly endearing name.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Cara is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 491 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Cara fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 2 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 467 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Cara in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Cara is pronounced as keh-ruh

Origins

Cara originates from the Latin language.
See other suggested Latin girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Cara and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Cara: Boys - Clement, Constantine, Donta, Taurean, Girls - Alta, Armida, Beatriz, Brittany, Candace, Claudia, Clementine, Cornelia, Diana, Narda, Regina, Starr, Sylvia, Ursula, Victoria, Both genders - Ocie

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Cara: Caira, Carabell, Carabelle, Caralee, Caraleigh, Caretta, Carina (German), Carra (Irish), Carrah, Carrie, Kara

Style

We think the name Cara should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

See other The 70's girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Cara to be: An elegant, self-possesed woman

In one word, you might describe Cara as a(n) "elegant" person.

See other "elegant" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Cara (or its variants) are:

Irene Cara, born on 18 March, a famous singer. Irene Cara's background: American singer. She is of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. She starred in the 1980 film 'Fame', and is best known for singing the title soundtrack and 'Flashdance... What a Feeling', which she won an academy award for co-writing it.
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