The meaning of "Kara"?
I was thinking today: Kara Ka.ra.
Ka is an ancient Egyptian (word / image) for spirit and "Ra" was god of the sun and creator god of the Ennead. So "Kara" must then mean "Spirit of light" aka Sunny, joyful, happy etc. To me, her name fits her well, really well.
Edit: thought about it a bit more and come up with a new 'definition': highly spirited, full of life, and looks to the light side of life.
Also a note that Rachel has "Ra" as well. I'm guessing that "chel" must translate to "master of bat-fu" in some ancient tongue. . Seriously I don't know what "chel" means. anyone help? Google?