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Shakara
How to Pronounce Shakara
Pronounced shuh-KAR-uh /ʃəˈkɑr.ə/Medium
Meaning: Shakara joins the Sha- prefix to the -kara sound of Kara and the popular Shakira. It has no single dictionary meaning; its appeal is the strong, flowing blend its parents chose, in the melodic Sha- family.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Shakara is a coined American name that pairs the fashionable Sha- prefix with the -kara sound of Kara and Shakira. It belongs to the inventive African American naming of the 1980s and 90s, when parents combined familiar syllables into fresh names. Its meaning lives in the rhythm rather than a traced root, though it echoes Shakira's sound.
The name crested around 1990 and stayed uncommon, borne by roughly nine hundred girls before fading by the 2010s. A Shakara named at the peak is now in her mid-thirties, a younger millennial. It never spread widely and reads as a melodic late-century coinage.
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What does the name Shakara mean?
Shakara is a coined American name with no single dictionary meaning; it blends the Sha- prefix with the -kara of Kara and Shakira.
How do you pronounce Shakara?
It's said shuh-KAR-uh /ʃəˈkɑr.ə/ — three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Shakara a boy or girl name?
Shakara is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shakara?
Shakara was an uncommon coinage that crested at the turn of the nineteen-nineties and has been rare since.