Chara (given name)
Template:Charles Chara or Chará is a feminine given name and a surname (Chara). Chara is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte as well as an alternate form of Cara and Kara from the Latin cārus meaning “darling, beloved, dear, loved one”.[1][2] Chara is also a Spanish feminine given name as an alternate form for Sarah.[3] Chará is a Greek feminine given name from the Ancient Greek word khará.[4] It is also a Greek feminine given name that is a short form of Charalampía which is a combination of the Ancient Greek roots khará and lámpō.[5] Notable people who are known by this name include the following:
Mononym
- Chara (singer), stagename of Miwa Watabiki (born 1968), Japanese singer, actress and video jockey
- Chara (footballer), nickname of Fernando Agostinho da Costa (born 1981), Angolan football player
Given name
- Chara Bachir, Algerian politician
- Chara M. Curtis, American writer
- Chara Papadopoulou (born 1996), Greek volleyball player
- Chara Dimitriou (born 1990), Greek football player
- Chara Charalambous (born 2000), Cypriot footballer
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Chara
- All pages with titles containing Chara
- Chara (disambiguation)
- Chara (surname)
- Cara (given name)
- Chapa (given name)
- Chapa (surname)
- Char (name)
- Chard (name)
- Chari (surname)
- Charl (name)
- Charla (name)
- Chiara (name)
- Ciara (given name)
- Clara (given name)
- Chmara
Notes
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