Cara Forename
4,228th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 249,039 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands
Cara Forename Definition:
F. Mostly an Irish name, it comes from the Celtic for ‘friend’. In C20 non-Irish use, there is often an allusion to Italian cara (dear girl): moreover, any woman so named invites the superlative, carissima.
Read More About This ForenameCara Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 57% | 169,115 | 1:7,184 | 896 |
| United States | 100% | 55,455 | 1:6,537 | 841 |
| England | 100% | 7,019 | 1:7,922 | 693 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,267 | 1:6,291 | 897 |
| Australia | - | 2,568 | 1:5,318 | 681 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,422 | 1:38,349 | 4,275 |
| Scotland | 100% | 954 | 1:5,608 | 504 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 806 | 1:2,287 | 358 |
| New Zealand | - | 797 | 1:5,691 | 756 |
| Philippines | 99% | 784 | 1:135,216 | 6,851 |
| Wales | 98% | 543 | 1:5,699 | 631 |
| Ireland | 98% | 508 | 1:9,141 | 686 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 401 | 1:643,301 | 45,090 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| China | - | 377 | 1:3,623,490 | 51,254 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 369 | 1:45,805 | 3,236 |
| Thailand | 100% | 280 | 1:250,235 | 15,181 |
| Germany | 100% | 222 | 1:435,486 | 4,880 |
| Italy | 93% | 199 | 1:306,845 | 3,806 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Hong Kong | - | 95 | 1:81,608 | 2,718 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 93 | 1:22,481 | 2,253 |
| Belgium | 100% | 91 | 1:126,264 | 3,881 |
| France | 100% | 91 | 1:730,443 | 6,622 |
| Nepal | 57% | 86 | 1:331,248 | 11,560 |
| Singapore | 100% | 69 | 1:91,117 | 7,290 |
| Brazil | 100% | 65 | 1:3,295,941 | 59,155 |
| Nigeria | 90% | 64 | 1:2,774,443 | 49,655 |
| DR Congo | 63% | 55 | 1:1,342,320 | 36,691 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| Russia | 83% | 37 | 1:3,898,208 | 20,782 |
| Namibia | - | 36 | 1:66,783 | 3,675 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 33 | 1:922,725 | 33,409 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Senegal | 85% | 25 | 1:583,254 | 7,036 |
| Sweden | 100% | 24 | 1:410,746 | 11,228 |
| Mexico | 100% | 21 | 1:5,911,639 | 22,154 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 21 | 1:391,119 | 6,896 |
| Spain | - | 20 | 1:2,326,498 | 12,382 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 20 | 1:68,071 | 5,456 |
| Jersey | - | 18 | 1:5,554 | 644 |
| Finland | 93% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,697,834 | 48,176 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Colombia | 100% | 12 | 1:3,981,577 | 24,591 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12 | 1:295,858 | 3,040 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Jamaica | - | 10 | 1:288,323 | 8,750 |
| Cambodia | 71% | 9 | 1:1,808,148 | 22,232 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Austria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,419,034 | 8,656 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Isle of Man | - | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Romania | - | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Costa Rica | - | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Carà (1), Cará (1), Cára (1) & Çara (1) are calculated separately.
Cara (23,901) may also be a surname.
Cara Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
F. Mostly an Irish name, it comes from the Celtic for ‘friend’. In C20 non-Irish use, there is often an allusion to Italian cara (dear girl): moreover, any woman so named invites the superlative, carissima.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Celtic name, meaning: Friend.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
It is a feminine name of Greek origin, which means 'grace' or 'beloved'.
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