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Cara may literally mean "face" or "expensive" in both Spanish and Portuguese.
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Kara (with a k) means 'punishment' in Polish.
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Cara is indeed also an Irish name.
It was discussed in this thread:
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/5236990
In Italy "cara" is only used as a word but not a name.
In Ireland Cara has been in the top 100 since the year 2000.
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/Cara
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It was discussed in this thread:
https://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/5236990
In Italy "cara" is only used as a word but not a name.
In Ireland Cara has been in the top 100 since the year 2000.
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/Cara
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"cara" is also the Irish word for "friend". Its use in Ireland and the UK seems to be because of this association.
See here:
https://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/friend#friend__2
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/eid/friend
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/cara [noted -ed]
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See here:
https://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/friend#friend__2
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/eid/friend
https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/cara [noted -ed]
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Cara means face in Spanish.
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Cara is a Welsh name and it means love (cariad)❤️.
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This name is also Irish.
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The word "Cara" is modern Irish for "Friend". This is a parallel origin for the name, and the main origin in Ireland and other Gaelic / Celtic populations.
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Face in Spanish,
Beloved in Italian,
Friend in Irish,
In all in all,
Cara can mean Face of Beloved Friend.
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Beloved in Italian,
Friend in Irish,
In all in all,
Cara can mean Face of Beloved Friend.
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Cara is Norse for "song of the swan" or "swan maiden". Cara was one of the Valkyries who took fallen battle heroes to their reward in Valhalla. The phrase "swan song" used to describe someone's last hurrah comes from this. This name is also spelled Kara.
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To the anonymous person above who claims Cara to be a Norse name having to do Valkyries and swan songs. Just... no! It has nothing to do with that and it's not even close.
Cara/Kara is not a Nordic name. If anything it sounds remotely close to the Danish word Kære which means dear (it's something similar in Swedish and Norwegian but I don't remember how to spell that).
But it's never been a Norse name. It's pretty and I like it - but Norse? No.
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Cara/Kara is not a Nordic name. If anything it sounds remotely close to the Danish word Kære which means dear (it's something similar in Swedish and Norwegian but I don't remember how to spell that).
But it's never been a Norse name. It's pretty and I like it - but Norse? No.
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To the person claiming that the name is NOT Norse, and being so persistent about it- Why not google it for yourself before you make such a bombastic claim. Sure the norse name is not spelled Cara, it´s Kára, and its meaning is "the wild, stormy one". Cara/Kara is the kind of name that is so simple that it's no wonder there are different origins to the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kára.
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Cara, Latin for delightful.
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It also means both "face" and "expensive" in Spanish.
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"Cara" could be a short form of "Carina".
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In many Romance languages "cara" means both "dear" and "expensive", due to the thought that if you spend a lot on something, you will want to keep it close/dear to you.
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Cara means "expensive" in Spanish.
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And then there's the Scottish Gaelic, "Caraid" (KAR-aj) ("friend"), which is a variant of the Irish Gaelic Cara.
Yes, I think that we know the obvious Italian "Cara": "darling, beloved". I pronounce it either way, but I prefer "KAHR-a"
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Yes, I think that we know the obvious Italian "Cara": "darling, beloved". I pronounce it either way, but I prefer "KAHR-a"
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Cara is also a Spanish/Latin female name which means "face," but when a parent gives this name to female child it means "beautiful face." It is pronounced the same as Italian version (Cara Mia!).
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Italian origin, meaning: "Cherished and Beloved One"
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