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Personally I believe Carya to be a beautiful name. Sure, it is unique, but it sounds melodic.

Personal experiences with the name Carya

My name is Carya, which is why I love that this is a page! My middle name is Adelia, while I have an older brother and a younger sister, Aidan Lucas and Caterina Adele.

My name is Carya Sage McDonough, and I always have to tell others how to pronounce my name. My homeroom teacher still cannot get my name right, but I gave up on telling her. My personal experience with the name hasn't been bad nor good, besides people failing to pronounce it.

Nicknames for Carya

Ari, Ara, Cara, Rya, Ria,

Meanings and history of the name Carya

In Greek mythology, Carya was a daughter of the Laconian king Dion and Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. Her sisters were Lyco and Orphe. Apollo, in reward for Dion and Amphithea receiving him with great reverence and hospitality, bestowed a gift of prophecy upon their daughters, but imposed a restriction that they should not betray gods nor search after forbidden lore.

Later, Dionysus also paid a visit to Dion's house and was received with equal hospitality; during his stay, he fell in love with Carya and lay with her secretly. He then left but, missing Carya, soon returned under pretext of consecrating a temple which Dion had built for him. But Lyco and Orphe, suspecting a love affair between Dionysus and their sister, guarded Carya to prevent her from having intercourse with the god. By doing so they committed a violation of the restrictions imposed by Apollo, so Dionysus, after several warnings and threats, drove the two sisters mad, in which state they ran off to Mount Taygetus, where they were transformed into rocks. Carya was changed by Dionysus into a walnut tree (Greek karya). From these circumstances later arose the local cult of Artemis Caryatis.

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