"Traditional Spanish name"
The name Carrera is commonly a female name from the "Spanish" origin.
Carrera is a Spanish surname, taken from the ordinary Spanish word carrera, which means road, route, race or career. That word derives from Vulgar Latin carraria, from Latin carrus, a cart. In Spanish it is a family name rather than a traditional given name, and its use as a girl's name in United States birth records is a surname-as-first-name usage.
The pronunciation of Carrera is kuh-RAIR-uh.
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