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[Opinions] Lara
WDYTO of Lara for a girl? I pronounce it LAHR-ə. My sister's name is Laura, so would Lara be too close to the name Laura for me to actually use it?Also, what middle names would go well with it?Thank you,
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If you prn. your way, it's a tad close to Laura... If you prn. more like Larry w/ an a instead of a y, it's still close, but not as close.mns...
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I like it but I know way too many girls named Lara. It also makes me think of Dr Zhivago and I always thought the Lara character was a weak and terrible person.
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I have a little Lara Catherine at home and all I can say is that I'm still 100% inlove with that name. I love it. I'm very happy with Catherine as a MN too. I think it flows very well and it's classic. Besides the meaning is always a plus.
We pronounce it LAH-rah.Lara and Laura are a bit close in my opinion. But I guess it's up to you to judge the situation. I mean if they live under the same roof it will be difficult, but otherwise I think it's ok.
But I know that I love this name so much that I would have used it no matter whose name sounded similar to.Lea
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I adore Lara! I always liked Larissa, nn Lara, but then we got my puppy from the shelter and her name is Lara, so that's out, lol (we pronounce it 'LAH-rah').Lara Magnolia
Lara Clarissa
Lara Madeline
Lara Gloria
Lara Zahara
Lara Andrea
Lara Sabrina
Lara Magdalene
Lara Julianna
Lara Julia
Lara Elisabeth
Lara BethanyLike any?
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Honestly Laura and Lara are extremely close in my opinion. But that would have to be up to you. Lara is a nice name.
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Personally, it reminds me of the word lard, but I can see how it`s beatiful to a lot of people. A bearer might keep getting called Laura,though. Lara Natalia, Lara Juliana and other long names ending in "a" work well.
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It's in my top five.I don't understand LAHR-ə (I don't know what it means), but I said Lara as LAH-ruh. I hate the American pronunciation of LAIR-ruh though.My combo is Lara Daphne.Laura and Lara are very close, but when you have your won family, Little Lara and Big Laura aren't going to be associated with each other 100% of the time, so it's not that bad.Other combos:Lara Celeste
Lara Eve
Lara Daisy
Lara Jasmine
Lara Rachel
Lara Maxine
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I like the name Lara. It used to be one of my favourite names - it isn't any more but I still think it's a really good name. As for it being too close to Laura, I don't think it is. I can't really think of any middle names right now, but I'll PM you if I come up with anything.
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