Entry № 0463 · Italian, Latin origin

Cara Cara — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian, Latin
Meaning
"Beloved (Cara Delevingne; Italian for 'dear')"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 380
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "beloved (cara delevingne; italian for 'dear')".

Cara is from the Italian cara (beloved, dear) — the feminine of *caro*, from the Latin carus. **Also from the Irish Gaelic *cara* (friend)**. **Cara Delevingne (born 1992)** — **British model and actress; Burberry's primary face from 2011 to 2014; signed by Storm Model Management at 10 years old**. **The first model to have her face on the cover of three editions of *Vogue* simultaneously**. **Acting credits: *Paper Towns* (2015), *Suicide Squad* (2016), *Carnival Row* (2019-2023)**. **Out as bisexual since 2015; co-founder of social platform Pop Interactive**. **Cara Black (born 1979)** — Zimbabwean tennis player; former World #1 doubles. **Cara Buono (born 1974)** — *Stranger Things*, *Mad Men*. **Cara Williams (1925-2021)** — Emmy-winning American actress.

Featured throughout 2010s fashion.

Beloved. Three Vogue covers simultaneously; signed to Storm Models at age ten.

The name in its native script.

Cara
Transliteration
Cara
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Cara stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 380 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 215 in 2017
Babies named Cara · last year
800 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1880
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #215 NOW · #380

Caras before her.

Real people
Cara Delevingne
British model and actress.
born 1992
Cara Black
Zimbabwean tennis player.
born 1979
In fiction
Cara
Carnival Row.
2019

Names connected to Cara.

The number behind Cara.

9

The Humanitarian

Cara reduces to nine — the number of beloved.

Why families chose this name.

"Italian beloved. Four letters. Cara."
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