Cara

C3A1R1A1

proper noun

A female given name originating as a coinage.

OriginItalian cara ← Irish cara →
Less commonScrabble 6
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kara

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

    'Okay, Cara Burrows. Can I take a look in your bag?' 'My bag? Why?' This is getting a bit ridiculous. And he pronounced my name wrong: Carrah. Didn't even try to say it the way he heard me say it.

    2017, Sophie Hannah, Did You See Melody?: The stunning page turner from the bestselling author of Haven't They Grown?, Hachette UK, →ISBN
  2. A surname.

Origin

  1. Irishcara“friend”
  2. Italiancara“dear”
  3. EnglishCara

20th-century English coinage from Italian cara (“dear”) or Irish cara (“friend”).

More words from Italian, Irish

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ARCAacraacar
Cite this entry
APA

Cara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cara

MLA

“Cara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cara. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cara,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cara.

Source: Cara on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.