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Updated June 10, 2021

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Dear
  • Irish : Friend
  • Italian : Beloved one
  • Vietnamese : Diamond
  • Greek : Pure
  • Latin : Dearest

How Popular Is The Name Cara

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern Italian : from the feminine form of caro ‘dear’ (see Caro).
  • Spanish and Portuguese : from cara ‘face’, presumably applied as a nickname for someone with a beautiful or otherwise distinctive face.

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