Message: "Kara, Karen, Karin"

[Opinions] Kara, Karen, Karin

by solveig (zfluffyboots)

12/12/2019, 10:49 AM

Thoughts?

#Kara #Karen #Karin

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- HaySkyNat

12/13/2019, 6:20 AM

I like Kara, I hate the others.

- Gabrielle C (guest)

12/12/2019, 7:42 PM

I prefer Cara, Karine (French), Karen.

- Kerilyntaryn21

12/12/2019, 2:34 PM

I like Kara and Karin

- Anneza

12/12/2019, 1:43 PM

I'm mostly interested in the pronunciation. I've heard Karen with the a as in apple and as in day, but here in South Africa we say KAHren, which I like a lot. Karin has the German pronunciation or close to it: kaRIN, and Kara sounds like KAHruh.

So, I like KAHren when I'm speaking English! And I like Karin when I'm speaking Afrikaans or German, but not enough to use. Kara has never appealed to me at all.

- Lovekids

12/12/2019, 1:36 PM

Kara- prn Care-uh, adorable, sweet and cute. Love it.

Karen- prn Care-in, ugly ugly ugly. Blech. Mom name. Not cute vintage name at all.

Karin- prn Carr-in, meh. It’s passable, better by miles than Karen, not half as cute as Kara.

- Dorchadas (Lucille) +2

12/12/2019, 11:18 AM

Both Karen and Karin I would not advise because of the misogynistic Karen meme that is popular on the Internet these days. This leaves Kara, which is all right, but seems a bit insubstantial.

EDIT: fixed typo.

This message was edited 12/12/2019, 11:19 AM

- PrincessZ

12/12/2019, 1:43 PM

I agree. I kinda like Kara, it sounds cute, but perhaps as a nickname? If you can find something longer which is suitable for Kara to be a short form of, that would be ideal

- solveig (zfluffyboots)

12/12/2019, 12:04 PM

I hate that meme so much. It's even been used on our local neighborhood list serv.

I've got a friend who wants to name her daughter after her mom, Karen.

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