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[Opinions] Cara vs Erica
Which of these two and why?
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Cara. Erica is dated in my opinion.
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Cara!I think Erica is a bit bland. Cara is so sweet and innocent, but it also ages really well.
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Cara has been popping up in my mind again and again lately - I only just realised!Cara and Erica both have that lovely crisp "ca" element. Erica is cleaner and clearer, and I would usually say Erica, but I have a thing for Cara atm. So I pick Cara! I say CAH-ra.
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I find Cara flimsy, much like Mia and for much the same reason. Also like Bonnie. They just are adjectives, and sound unfinished. Cara who? Mia what? Bonnie where - Dundee?Erica for a girl is far more to my taste than Eric for a boy. And the fact that it's a flower name disguised as a fem form just adds to the pleasure.One possible disadvantage maybe: I was at school with a splendid Erica who died tragically and far too young. She had an elder sister who, as a toddler, just couldn't cope with Erica and called her Egg or Eggs; she accepted this graciously and it even appeared in print when she announced her engagement: Erica Joy (Eggs) Lastname and Blokesname. If you can avoid the egg element, it's a great name.
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Speaking as a bearer...This is kind of cool, I almost never see my name discussed on these boards! :-)My name is Erica, and yea (in response to another poster), I was born in the early 90s. Specifically, my mom got the idea for the name from the Erica Kane character on "All My Children" played by Susan Lucci. I feel like there were a lot of "soap-opera babies" in my generation...Anyway, I didn't like my name while growing up. At all. People would tease me by simply calling me "Eric," and I also felt like my name wasn't feminine enough. Now, however, I appreciate my name much more. I don't know many other Ericas (and most of them actually spell it "Erika," anyway), and whenever I tell people my name they seem to find it kind of novel - it's not heard every day where I'm from.I feel like Cara runs into different problems. It's more obviously feminine, rather than a masculine name with an "a" tacked on the end. However, there is the issue of pronunciation (CAIR-uh vs. CAHR-uh), and also the fact that it's a very... "simple" name. Some people like simple, but I have to wonder sometimes if the little Annes, Caras, Emmas, etc., of the world feel at all insubstantial when standing / sitting next to a Katherine, Stephanie, or Victoria in class, you know what I mean?So really, I think it depends which issues you would rather tackle.
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Cara. I've never been a fan of Erica because it doesn't sound all that feminine to me.
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Cara for sure. Erica has never sounded pleasant to my ears...I don't think I like the harsh "k" sound. Same reason I don't like Annika, Danica, and the like. Cara sounds softer to me, and more timeless. I sort of assume anyone named Erica was born between the early 80s and late 90s.
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Erica simply because it is less common and it would be nicer to see - though I do prefer the spelling Erika because to me it looks fresher.
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Cara. It sounds fresh and young. Erica sounds dated and frankly, manly.
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I like them both, but I'm going to have to side with Erica. It's prettier to my ears and less common than Cara (where I live).
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Erica - It's NMS, but I like it a lot more than Cara. Cara - Something about it just sits weird with me. I tend to say Care-uh, as opposed to Car-uh, though neither pronunciation is very pleasing to my ears.
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