Message: "Lara" - Behind the Name

Lara

by Eliora (eliorafalk)

6/3/2007, 4:36 PM

I'd pronounce it lar-A, not lahr-A. Does it match Miriam, Tabitha, and Ivy?

I like the simplicity of the name. It's also fairly uncommon, so she wouldn't be dated.

Thanks.

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- Laurie (guest)

6/4/2007, 10:21 AM

I love Lara, but it in no way seems to match Miriam, Tabitha or Ivy.

- Julia (JuliaF) +2

6/3/2007, 6:40 PM

I find it rather modern, even though it's uncommon. I think it clashes rather badly with Miriam, Tabitha and Ivy, all of which are old-fashioned and fairly gentle. Lara (said that way) strikes me as harsh and grating.

- Eliora (guest) +1

6/4/2007, 3:14 PM

I prefer Lara to the three, actually.

I prefer the sib set of Lara, Runa, and Liora to the other three. But if I marry the guy I'm dating, only "classic trendy" will be allowed. No Ezra, Jonas, Tobias, Lara, Runa and Liora. :-/

- Julia (JuliaF)

6/4/2007, 5:43 PM

Awwww...are you sure you couldn't talk him into one of those? They're so lovely. I'd swoon if I met a little Ezra, Jonas or Runa.

Lara and Liora are awfully similar for siblings. You might want to try the "yelling across the house" test.

- Lumiereslove +1

6/3/2007, 5:35 PM

I like Lahr a better. And, I think maybe Clara would be better.

- Eliora (guest)

6/3/2007, 5:40 PM

Thanks....

but I truly hate the name Clara. All I can think of is a cow, and the sound is just too harsh.

- blaaarg

6/3/2007, 4:45 PM

With the emphasis on the second syllable? Seems kind of odd. I'd pronounce it LAIR-uh. I do know a Lara pronounced LAHR-a though, it weirds me out.

Anyway it's nice, though I prefer Laura pronounced LAHR-a. But it doesn't seem to go with Miriam, Tabitha, and Ivy at all. Lara is young and urban and artsy, and Mirian, Tabitha, and Ivy are middle-aged sisters that live in a tall brick building in Western Europe during the eighteenth century. (I like them, though.)

- Isla

6/3/2007, 4:44 PM

I can't differentiate much between Lar- and Lahr- but I've known a few girls/women who spell their names this way and they were pronounced either LAHR-ah or LARE-ah. It's so similar to Laura, but annoyingly so, so that she'd constantly have to say, 'No it's no Laura, it's L-A-R-A.' Definitely could work as a sister in that sibset, though.

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