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Hello Pavlos is correct for the proper Greek
pronunciation-the name should sound like Ha ra.
This of course is related to the word Charisma which
in English is pronunced as K sound-for English pronunciations.
Today in Greece the modern form of the name CHARA is CHARI (HA REE)
or CHAROULA (HA ROO LA)

On the "ch" sound

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Both the Greek letters X (chi)and K (kappa) are often transliterated to "ch" in English -- this is the sourse of confusion!

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Words written in Greek with a chi (eg. Chloe, Chara and Charis) are prounounced in Greek with an "H" (soft as in house, not "throat-clearing-harsh" as in Scottish or Hebrew): HLOE-ee, ha-RAH, HA-rees). Conversely, those written in Greek with a K (eg. Nicholas) are pronounced with a "K" sound.

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Sounds Greek to you?

I had a student Chara what was pronounced CHA-rah

Alaia is a-lie-a, but I'm not sure about Chara. Probably ka-ra...