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[Opinions] Cara or Clara
Pronounced Care-Uh and Claire-Uh.
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Clara - I love how timeless it is as well as sounding good on a young or older girl.
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In that case, neither. Where I live, they are Cah-ruh and Clah-ruh.Out of those two, I'd always choose classic Clara over flimsy, dated Cara. Except that I would be much more likely to choose Clare.
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I’ll go with Cara, although I prefer it spelled Kara. Not sure why but I just don’t care for the name Clara. It’s a perfectly fine name, nothing wrong with it, it’s just not my style.
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ClaraIt just has more substance. I'm the same way with Clarissa vs. Carissa.
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Clara, because Cara reminds me too much of "carrot".
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Neither really thrills me. I don't like the "care" in Cara prn CARE-uh - I wouldn't want the name myself, because of that. So I'll give this fight to Clara, even though Clara seems prissy and leaves me cold.
I prefer Cara pronounced CAR-uh, and the name Claire. If it were between those two, I'd have an even harder decision... probably would go with Claire, for a daughter, because it's more current, and take Cara "CAR-uh" for myself.
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Clara. Cara is nice enough, but I like Clara more.
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Cara, hands-down. Actually I prefer Kara but same difference. Clara is frumpy and dowdy.
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They're pronounced car-uh and khlar-uh where I live. I find Clara quite harsh sounding and hard to say, but I don't like Cara either.
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Clara. There’s something really lacking about Cara that I can’t quite put my finger on.
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I'd never pronounce Clara Claire-uh. I might pronounce Cara Care-uh, I go back and forth on that one.I'd have to go with Clara, even though it's a little bovine to me, because I find Cara way too recently-trendy and insubstantial.
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I prefer Kara pronounced as car-rub
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Clara. Love it (and it was the first name of my maternal great-grandmother's).I also like Cara but spelled more like Kara instead.:)
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Not how I say or like either, but Claire-uh at least doesn’t sound like ‘carer’ when I say it.
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Clara.Cara is a bit too rough sounding for me.
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I never thought I'd say this, but I prefer Cara. I don't love it, but Clara feels so unwieldy to me. If it were between Claire and Cara, I'd choose Claire without a second thought. Do you like Calla? Seems like you might if you like these two.
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I think Clara is much nicer.
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Clara. I knew several Caras growing up so it feels dated to me.
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I could never get either by of those pronounciations to work where I live (UK).Of the two sounds (pronounced how you like) I prefer Cara, but both are pretty.
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Cara is better
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