Kara is both a given name and a surname. It is also considered to be a variant of

Kara Kara or KARA may refer to: Geography Localities * Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Da ...

. In

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia ( Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic l ...

it means “BLACK”, for example, the Karakoram mountains. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

* Kara Kennedy Allen (1960–2011), professional board member and a television producer *

Kara Arslan Fakhr al-Din Qara Arslan (or Kara Arslan) (r. 1144–1174 CE) was a member of the Artuqid dynasty and son of Rukn al-Dawla Dāʾūd, bey of Hasankeyf. Kara Arslan ruled Hasankeyf following Dāʾūd's death on 19 Muharram 539 (22 July 1144). He was ...

(r. 1144–1174 CE), Turkic rulers *

Kara Bajema Kara Jane Bajema (born March 24, 1998) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and Turkish professional club VakıfBank S.K. Personal life Bajema was bo ...

(born 1998), American volleyball player *

Kara Brock Kara or KARA may refer to: Geography Localities * Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in D ...

(born 1974), American actress * Kara Mahmud Bushati (1749–1796), noble of the Bushati family * Kara Cooney, American Egyptologist, archaeologist, professor * Kara Crane (fl. 2006–present) American actress *

Kara David Kara Patria Constantino David-Cancio (born September 12, 1973) is a Filipino journalist, host, professor, and educational administrator. She is known because of investigative and multi-awarded documentaries in '' i-Witness''. These documentari ...

(born 1973), Filipina broadcast journalist and television host *

Kara DioGuardi Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi (; born December 9, 1970) is an American songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, and singer. She writes music primarily in the pop rock genre. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; sales o ...

(born 1970), American singer-songwriter * Kara Drew, known as Cherry (wrestler) (born 1975), American professional wrestler, manager, and former WWE Diva *

Kara Eaker Kara Eaker (born November 7, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. On the balance beam she is the 2018 Pan American and 2019 Pan American Games champion and a two-time United States national silver medalist (2018, 2019). On floor exercise she ...

(born 2002), American artistic gymnast *

Kara Edwards Kara Edwards (born February 17, 1977) is an American voice actress working for the English versions of Japanese anime. She is also well known in the Charlotte, North Carolina area for her past career as a radio host. Career Edwards began her b ...

(born 1977), American voice actress * Kara Fatma (1888–1955), Turkish heroine * Kara Goldin (born 1967/68), American businesswoman *

Kara Goucher Kara Goucher (born Kara Grgas on July 9, 1978) is an American long-distance runner. She was the 10,000 meters silver medalist at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and represented the USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympi ...

(born 1978), American long-distance runner *

Kara Grainger Kara Grainger is an Australian soul blues and roots rock singer-songwriter, based out of Nashville, Tennessee, United States. She played with the Papa Lips band starting in 1994. In 1998, they were awarded the "Best New Band" award at the Austra ...

, Australian soul blues and roots rock singer-songwriter * Kara Hayward (born 1998), American actress * Kara Henderson (born 1973), American sports media personality *

Kara Hultgreen Kara S. Hultgreen (October 5, 1965 – October 25, 1994) was an American naval aviator who served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She was also the first female figh ...

(1965–1994), American aviator *

Kara Karaev Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev ( az, Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a pr ...

(1918–1982), Azerbaijani composer * Kara Jackson American poet, singer, and songwriter *

Kara Kennedy Kara Anne Kennedy (February 27, 1960 – September 16, 2011) was a member of the American political family, the Kennedy family. She was the oldest of the three children and only daughter of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts and Joan Be ...

(1960–2011), American corporate director and television producer *

Kara Killmer Kara Killmer (born June 14, 1988) is an American actress, best known for starring as paramedic Sylvie Brett in the NBC drama series ''Chicago Fire'' (as well as the associated series ''Chicago Med'' and ''Chicago P.D.'', which together make ...

(born 1988), American actress *

Kara Laricks Kara Laricks is an American fashion designer. Laricks was the season one winner of ''Fashion Star''. Personal life Kara Laricks was a fourth grade elementary school teacher for ten years before she quit to become a fashion designer. She loved d ...

(born 1973) American fashion designer * Kara Lawson (born 1981), American basketball coach and player * Kara Lindsay (born 1985), American theatre actress *

Kara Lord Kara Lord (born March 24, 1988) is a Guyanese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Guyana 2011 and represented her country in Miss Universe 2011. Pageants Lord, from Georgetown, competed as one of the nine finalists in her co ...

(born 1988), Miss Guyana Universe 2011 * Kara Mbodj (born 1989), Senegalese footballer *

Kara Monaco Kara Monaco (born February 26, 1983) is an American model. She was chosen as Playmate of the Month by ''Playboy'' magazine in June 2005. She appeared on the cover of the June 2006 issue of ''Playboy'' as the 2006 Playmate of the Year. Early lif ...

(born 1983), Playboy model *

Kara Ahmed Pasha Kara Ahmed Pasha (executed 29 September 1555) was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1553 and 1555.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 ...

(died 1555), Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin * Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634/5–1683), Ottoman military leader * Kara Neumann case, in which parents of a sick child treated her with only prayer, resulting in the child's death in 2008 * Kara Nova (active since 2011), American pole acrobat * Kara Yülük Osman, Turkish name of

Qara Osman Uthman Beg or Osman Beg ( az, Qara Yuluq Osman Bəy; tr, Kara Yülük Osman Bey; 1356 – 1435) was a late 14th and early 15th-century leader of the Turkoman tribal federation of Aq Qoyunlu in what is now eastern Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Ira ...

(before 1400–1435), Turkish ruler *

Kara Ro Kara Olivia Rheault (born November 9, 1975), best known as Kara Ro, is a Canadian boxing and MMA trainer, and a retired boxer. She held the Women's International Boxing Association lightweight title in 2005. Early life Ro has enjoyed an extensi ...

(born 1975), Canadian boxer *

Kara Ross Kara Ross (née Gaffney; born 1966/1967) is an American jewelry designer. Early life Kara Gaffney grew up in the Main Line town of Malvern, Pennsylvania, one of the five children of a surgeon, Edmund Gaffney and his wife, Barbara. She designed ...

(born 1966/1967), American jewelry designer * Kara Saun American designer *

Kara Scott Kara Scott is a Canadian British TV personality, journalist and poker player. Born in northern Alberta, Canada, Scott moved to the United Kingdom in 1999 and worked in the UK media until 2009 when she moved to California. Having trained in Mu ...

Canadian British TV personality, journalist and poker player * Kara Swisher (born 1962), American journalist *

Kara Taitz Kara Eve Taitz (born May 11, 1981) is an American actress, who starred as Lily Miran, a socially awkward and sex-crazed girl who has feelings for the main character on the sitcom ''The Hard Times of RJ Berger''. Her on-screen debut was as Millic ...

(born 1981), American actress * Kára Temple (born 1991), American beauty queen *

Kara Tointon Kara Louise Tointon (born 5 August 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Dawn Swann in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. In 2010, she won the BBC competition series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', and in 2015, she appeared ...

(born 1983), English actress *

Kara Vallow Kara Vallow is an American television animation producer who works with Seth MacFarlane on the four television series produced by Fuzzy Door Productions for Fox, '' Family Guy'', '' American Dad!'' (now moved to TBS), ''The Cleveland Show'', ...

, American television animation producer *

Kara Wai Kara Wai Ying-hung BBS (; born 3 February 1960) is a Hong Kong actress best known internationally for her roles in wuxia films produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1970s and 1980s. Wai has since portrayed a wide range of roles on screen ...

(born 1960), Hong Kong actress *

Kara Walker Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. She is best ...

(born 1969), contemporary African-American artist *

Kara Wilson Kara Wilson (born 18 June 1944) is a Scottish actress best known for her roles as Patience Heatherstone in the 1964 adaptation of ''The Children of the New Forest'' and as Miss Caroline Gordon in the seventh series of children's soap opera ''G ...

(born 1944), Scottish actress * Kara Winger (born 1986), American track and field athlete * Kara Wolters (born 1975), American basketball player *

Kara Zediker Kara Zediker is an American actress born in Kankakee, Illinois. She guest starred on ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' as the young T'Pau in the fourth-season episodes " Awakening" and "Kir'Shara". She has also guest-starred on such shows as '' Charmed ...

, American actress

Middle name

Deborah Kara Unger Deborah Kara Unger (born 12 May 1966) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' Highlander III: The Sorcerer'' (1994), ''Crash'' (1996), '' The Game'' (1997), '' Payback'' (1999), '' The Hurricane'' (1999), ''White Noise ...

(born 1966), Canadian actress

Surname

* Abir Kara (born 1983), Israeli businessman and politician * Anksa Kara (born 1985), Cameroonian-born actress *

Ayoob Kara Ayoob Kara ( ar, أيوب قرا, he, איוב קרא; born 12 March 1955) is an Israeli Druze politician. He has served as a member of the Knesset for Likud in four spells between 1999 and 2021, and as Minister of Communications. Biography ...

(born 1955), Druze Israeli politician *

Aytaç Kara Aytaç Kara (born 23 March 1993) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa. Club career He made his Süper Lig debut on 31 August 2012. Galatasaray He signed a three-year contract w ...

(born 1993), Turkish footballer * Burcu Kara (born 1980), Turkish actress *

Danae Kara Danae Kara (; born on 27 July 1953) is a Greek classical concert pianist, Music artist (occupation), recording artist, and Education, educator, best known for her interpretations of 20th century List of Greek composers, Greek modernist composers. ...

(born 1953), Greek classical concert pianist * Ercan Kara (born 1996), Austrian footballer *

Fatma Kara Fatma Kara Şahinbaş (born Fatma Kara; 15 June 1991) is a Turkish women's soccer, women's football Midfielder (association football), midfielder, who plays in Turkish Women's Football Super League for Fenerbahçe Women's Football, Fenerbahçe. ...

(born 1991), Turkish female footballer *

Joseph Kara Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, also known as Mahari Kara, (c.1065 – c.1135), French Bible exegete *

Kai Kara-France James Kaiwhare Kara-France (born March 26, 1993) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of August 1, 2022, he is #3 in the UFC flyweight ...

(born 1993), New Zealand mixed martial artist *

Miriam Kara Miriam Kara (מרים קארה; born December 3, 1938) is an Israeli former Olympic gymnast. She was born in Jerusalem and is Jewish. Gymnastics career Kara competed for Israel at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, in gymnastics at the age ...

(born 1938), Israeli Olympic gymnast * Nader Kara (born 1980), Libyan footballer *

Patricia Kara Patricia Kara (Greek: Panayiota Karamouzis-Παναγιώτα Καραμούζη; born February 25, 1972) is an American model, TV personality and former actress. Career She began her career in Chicago, before moving to Miami, New York City, th ...

(born 1972), American entertainer * Princess Kara (born 2000), Nigerian discus thrower *

Rasim Kara Rasim Kara (born 10 June 1950), is a former Turkey international football goalkeeper and manager. He is one of the sportsmen who served Turkish side Beşiktaş both as a player and coach. Career Football career Born in Eskişehir, Kara began pla ...

(born 1950), Turkish footballer * Theodore Kara (1916–1944), American featherweight boxer * Sergey Kara-Murza (born 1939), Russian chemist, historian, political philosopher and sociologist *

Vladimir Kara-Murza Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza (russian: Владимир Владимирович Кара-Мурза; born 7 September 1981) is a Russian political activist, journalist, author, and filmmaker. A protégé of Boris Nemtsov, he serves as vi ...

(born 1981), Russian politician * Vladimir Kara-Murza Sr. (Russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Кара́-Мурза́; 1959–2019), Russian journalist and TV host

Mythical or fictional characters

Kára In Norse mythology, Kára is a valkyrie, attested in the prose epilogue of the ''Poetic Edda'' poem '' Helgakviða Hundingsbana II''. The epilogue details that "there was a belief in the pagan religion, which we now reckon an old wives' tale, tha ...

, a valkyrie in Norse mythology *

Supergirl Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. The character made her fir ...

's original Kryptonian name in the comics is Kara Zor-El, and in some of the more recent adaptations of the character she uses "Kara" in her civilian life as well: ** On the ''Smallville'' TV series she was Kara Kent. ** On '' Superman: The Animated Series'' she's not Kryptonian but is still named Kara (In-Ze). ** Her comic-book alternate-universe counterpart from Earth-2,

Power Girl Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L and Karen Starr, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books by DC Comics, making her first appearance in ''All Star Comics'' #58 (January/February 1976). Power Girl is the cousin of the superhero Supe ...

, is Kara Zor-L. ** On the CW ''Supergirl'' series her civilian name is

Kara Danvers Kara Danvers, also known as Kara Zor-El on her homeworld, is a fictional character in the Arrowverse franchise, mainly the television series ''Supergirl''. Created by executive producers Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg, the charac ...

. *

Kara Ben Nemsi Kara Ben Nemsi is a fictional main character from the works of Karl May, best-selling 19th century German author. An alter ego of May, the stories about Nemsi are written as first-person narratives. He travels across North Africa, Sudan, and the ...

, in the works of German writer

Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his 19th century novels of fictitious travels and adventures, set in the American Old West with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand as main pro ...

* Kara Milovy, Bond girl from

The Living Daylights ''The Living Daylights'' is a 1987 spy film, the fifteenth entry in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first of two to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by John Glen, the film's ...

* Kara Thrace, in the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise * Kara, the Jungle Princess, an Exciting Comics character * Kara Cupper, a child character in ''

Shining Time Station ''Shining Time Station'' is an American children's television series jointly created by British television producer Britt Allcroft and American television producer Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by Quality Family Entertainment (the Ame ...

'' * Kara, one of the three android protagonists of the videogame Detroit: Become Human

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