Cara
Cara is an Irish girl name, meaning Friend; beloved.
What Cara means
Friend; beloved.
Cara is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Cara comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Cara is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Cara?
Cara sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Cara
The thread we file Cara under is Love — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Love
Names like Cara
These share Cara's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Dearbhla — True desire; poet's daughter.
- Grainne — Grain; grace; love.
- Lennon — Little cloak; dear one.
- Carys — Love; beloved.
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- Charity — Selfless love and giving.
- Cherish — To hold dear.
- Chiaki — Love.
- Chidzuko — Thousandfold wisdom, knowledge, and longevity combined with child, beloved one.
- Chieko — Thousandfold wisdom, knowledge, and longevity combined with child, beloved one.
- Chihoko — Thousandfold wisdom, knowledge, and longevity combined with child, beloved one.
- Chiiko — Thousandfold wisdom, knowledge, and longevity combined with child, beloved one.