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Clara - I love how timeless it is as well as sounding good on a young or older girl.

In that case, neither. Where I live, they are Cah-ruh and Clah-ruh.

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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.

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.

Clara

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It just has more substance. I'm the same way with Clarissa vs. Carissa.

Clara, because Cara reminds me too much of "carrot".

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.

Clara. Cara is nice enough, but I like Clara more.

Cara, hands-down. Actually I prefer Kara but same difference. Clara is frumpy and dowdy.

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.

Clara. There’s something really lacking about Cara that I can’t quite put my finger on.

I'd never pronounce Clara Claire-uh. I might pronounce Cara Care-uh, I go back and forth on that one.

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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.

I prefer Kara pronounced as car-rub

Clara. Love it (and it was the first name of my maternal great-grandmother's).

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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.

Clara.

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Cara is a bit too rough sounding for me.

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.

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Do you like Calla? Seems like you might if you like these two.

I think Clara is much nicer.

Clara. I knew several Caras growing up so it feels dated to me.

I could never get either by of those pronounciations to work where I live (UK).

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Of the two sounds (pronounced how you like) I prefer Cara, but both are pretty.

Cara is better