The kara Surname
kara Name Meaning and History
- Indian (Gujarat): Hindu (Bhatia) name of unknown meaning.
- Polish: nickname from karac ‘to punish’.
- Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian: from a pet form of a personal name: Czech Karel, Slovak Karol, Hungarian Károly, vernacular forms of Carolus (see Charles).
- Czech: metonymic occupational name for a carter, from kára ‘hand cart’.
- Greek: see Caras.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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