Sara as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sara

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The baby name Sara is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English (common US/UK): /ˈsærə/ (SAIR-ə),English (alternate): /ˈsɑːrə/ (SAH-rah),Spanish/Italian/Arabic: /ˈsaɾa/ (SAH-rah).

Sara is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Female

Syllables: 2.0

Origin: Hebrew

Pronunciation: English (common US/UK): /ˈsærə/ (SAIR-ə),English (alternate): /ˈsɑːrə/ (SAH-rah),Spanish/Italian/Arabic: /ˈsaɾa/ (SAH-rah)

What is the meaning of the name Sara ?

The baby name Sara is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English (common US/UK): /ˈsærə/ (SAIR-ə),English (alternate): /ˈsɑːrə/ (SAH-rah),Spanish/Italian/Arabic: /ˈsaɾa/ (SAH-rah).

Sara is Hebrew in Origin.

Sara is the streamlined international form of the Hebrew name Sarah, from the root meaning “to rule,” commonly interpreted as “princess” or “noblewoman.” In the Hebrew Bible, the patriarch Abraham’s wife bears this name after her earlier form, Sarai, is changed. Adopted across Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, Sara is standard in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, and Scandinavian usage, and is widely used in Arabic- and Persian-speaking communities.

The name has enjoyed steady use since medieval Europe and rose strongly in popularity across North America and Western Europe in the late 20th century. Common variants include Sarah (English), Saara (Finnish), and Sára (Hungarian, Icelandic). Related forms and diminutives comprise Sarai (biblical), Sally and Sadie (English pet forms), Sarita (Spanish), and Sari/Sári in several European languages.

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Sara	Ali Khan	Amrita Singh	television actor	★★★★★	Saif Ali Khan	television actor	★★★★★

Sara – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Girls	2025	#1	—	874
AE	Girls	0	#1	6,774	20,968
KW	Girls	0	#1	9,055	19,177
OM	Girls	0	#1	3,130	15,987
QA	Girls	0	#1	2,564	15,378
SA	Girls	0	#1	34,328	25,931
SD	Girls	0	#1	8,672	7,678
JO	Girls	0	#2	6,274	7,570
PS	Girls	0	#2	4,698	10,981
EG	Girls	0	#3	142,751	14,742
ET	Girls	0	#3	18	372
ET		0	#4	3	246
IQ	Girls	0	#4	16,322	11,303
IT	Girls	0	#4	182,273	9,415
NL	Girls	2014	#6	558	73
SI	Girls	0	#6	540	2,769
AL	Girls	0	#7	843	4,141
IL	Girls	0	#7	5,111	11,648
AF	Girls	0	#8	275	2,402
FJ	Girls	0	#9	1	583
BF		0	#10	1	188
EG		0	#10	5,117	6,387
LU	Girls	0	#10	349	4,850
Spain	Girls	0	#11	36,475	5,561
IQ		0	#11	354	3,533
Iceland	Girls	2023	#11	1,394	60
IT		0	#11	13,982	4,183
SD		0	#11	278	2,130
SV		0	#11	1	283
AL		0	#12	71	2,372
HT		0	#12	1	399
MU		0	#12	426	3,613
MU	Girls	0	#12	2,932	8,539
PT	Girls	0	#12	12,614	7,952
PT		0	#12	1,691	4,161
SV	Girls	0	#12	7	458
LB		0	#13	5,859	13,263
SY		0	#13	11,240	11,684
HN		0	#14	9	704
KR	Girls	0	#15	1	572
MV	Girls	0	#15	21	2,021
SI		0	#16	106	1,612
BH		0	#17	2,551	17,937
MV		0	#17	3	644
QA		0	#17	112	7,011
Iceland	Girls	0	#18	59	132
LY		0	#18	3,495	12,703
SA		0	#18	944	10,560
KW		0	#19	135	5,216
MA		0	#19	85,779	20,986
IT	Girls	2024	#21	1,240	47
IR	Girls	0	#21	6,605	8,334
Iceland		0	#21	15	71
YE		0	#21	1,755	8,639
HR	Girls	0	#22	2,063	3,687
HT	Girls	0	#22	2	950
RS	Girls	0	#22	423	1,651
AE		0	#24	220	10,220
DK	Girls	0	#24	1,359	7,429
DJ	Girls	0	#25	5	488
LU		0	#25	43	2,830
HN	Girls	0	#27	10	884
Spain		0	#28	2,291	2,326
NA		0	#28	6	2,537
TM	Girls	0	#28	8	574
BN		0	#29	4	2,297
DZ		0	#29	26,237	20,130
CO	Girls	0	#31	33,969	16,140
JO		0	#31	145	2,158
OM		0	#32	103	6,215
AZ	Girls	0	#33	49	1,051
MD		0	#33	2	434
Austria	Girls	2024	#34	201	60
AF		0	#34	47	1,883
MO		0	#34	19	2,706
Norway	Girls	2025	#35	140	453
MT		0	#35	9	1,767
AZ		0	#37	7	706
ID		0	#38	2	2,238
AO	Girls	0	#40	260	4,575
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#41	127	1,786
CM		0	#42	14	2,592
GE		0	#42	3	997
HR		0	#42	259	2,081
PA	Girls	0	#45	1,314	9,861
DK		0	#48	265	5,198
Finland	Girls	2026	#48	12,263	3,895
PR		0	#49	7	1,497
GT	Girls	0	#50	1,448	7,500
AO		0	#52	25	2,729
Sweden	Girls	2022	#57	179	1,568
RS		0	#58	29	923
CY		0	#59	2	1,632
Finland	Girls	0	#59	2,223	1,368
PE	Girls	0	#60	8,058	14,861
PS		0	#62	195	5,692
CN		0	#65	21	3,857
CR	Girls	0	#68	1,426	11,342
MT	Girls	0	#68	88	3,773
BN	Girls	0	#70	37	5,459
IN		0	#70	2	2,963
CL	Girls	0	#72	6,854	14,098
JP		0	#72	6	4,057
PR	Girls	0	#72	101	3,171
Belgium	Girls	2024	#73	120	424
MX	Girls	0	#73	13,363	17,781
CN	Girls	0	#76	569	8,829
BD	Girls	0	#78	599	8,413
BG		0	#78	5	1,799
EC	Girls	0	#78	224	3,650
KZ		0	#78	13	1,452
KZ	Girls	0	#78	629	5,862
MV	Boys	0	#78	2	3,375
NA	Girls	0	#78	179	7,146
EC		0	#79	37	2,502
IL		0	#79	312	6,291
TW		0	#80	21	4,523
MD	Boys	0	#81	1	756
CY	Girls	0	#82	40	3,755
PA		0	#84	47	3,797
BR	Girls	0	#85	6,113	12,708
Finland		0	#85	490	830
PH		0	#86	11	5,607
CR		0	#88	71	5,526
CO		0	#89	1,363	7,768
ID	Girls	0	#89	10	3,319
JM		0	#90	4	3,714
MD	Girls	0	#91	2	865
PL	Girls	0	#91	1,687	5,096
GE	Girls	0	#93	12	1,564
IR		0	#94	205	4,221
AR	Girls	0	#96	1,969	8,289
Austria	Girls	0	#96	851	1,885
TN		0	#98	6,188	13,765
BO	Girls	0	#99	2,035	9,488
HU		0	#101	14	1,675
Canada	Girls	2024	#102	230	2,795
GR	Girls	0	#103	167	6,293
MY	Girls	0	#108	2,877	24,821
GT		0	#110	248	5,948
NL	Girls	0	#112	3,612	5,933
GR		0	#114	21	3,911
France	Girls	2021	#115	455	3,185
JP	Girls	0	#118	150	6,592
PE		0	#119	248	6,350
UY	Girls	0	#119	1,078	6,731
Austria		0	#121	99	850
MX		0	#121	459	8,339
Germany	Girls	0	#122	3,473	4,949
BR		0	#125	287	5,969
AZ	Boys	0	#130	2	1,400
CY	Boys	0	#130	2	3,473
BD		0	#133	96	5,992
PL		0	#133	122	2,600
EG	Boys	0	#134	5,254	15,035
UY		0	#134	44	2,477
EE	Girls	0	#136	7	1,888
BN	Boys	0	#137	3	6,332
RS	Boys	0	#144	11	2,277
IQ	Boys	0	#145	1,404	13,071
AR		0	#146	41	2,915
BW	Girls	0	#146	6	4,216
HU	Girls	0	#146	84	3,308
MO	Girls	0	#151	107	7,056
BG	Girls	0	#154	71	3,559
BW	Boys	0	#154	1	4,685
CZ	Girls	0	#157	283	5,378
BO		0	#159	278	6,868
CZ		0	#163	23	3,154
MY		0	#166	177	12,352
TW	Girls	0	#169	112	8,139
United States	Girls	2024	#174	1,605	8,487
CL		0	#175	329	6,867
HK	Girls	0	#180	843	16,104
NL		0	#180	247	2,481
RU		0	#180	10	3,641
RU	Girls	0	#181	582	11,913
SG		0	#185	85	11,010
JO	Boys	0	#188	276	7,057
LT	Girls	0	#196	5	1,904
Germany		0	#198	312	2,542
SI	Boys	0	#204	8	3,402
SG	Girls	0	#212	525	18,916
SD	Boys	0	#213	296	10,523
JM	Girls	0	#216	44	7,507
BG	Boys	0	#217	4	3,850
LU	Boys	0	#219	2	4,970
GH	Girls	0	#223	111	6,973
GH		0	#223	21	5,396
AF	Boys	0	#225	46	3,535
CM	Girls	0	#231	413	11,671
HK		0	#232	122	8,483
IN	Girls	0	#236	543	13,121
HR	Boys	0	#238	21	3,997
AO	Boys	0	#241	9	5,568
EC	Boys	0	#243	4	3,322
SG	Boys	0	#246	656	17,960
NA	Boys	0	#251	3	6,830
AL	Boys	0	#253	46	5,122
GR	Boys	0	#256	12	6,912
TW	Boys	0	#256	1	7,111
NG		0	#270	3	5,926
KZ	Boys	0	#272	18	6,578
KW	Boys	0	#275	706	18,755
Canada	Boys	1995	#298	6	1,834
CZ	Boys	0	#301	5	6,530
JP	Boys	0	#301	3	7,909
PH	Girls	0	#309	83	13,098
DK	Boys	0	#311	15	7,401
PT	Boys	0	#314	54	7,951
CN	Boys	0	#325	7	9,639
PL	Boys	0	#332	9	6,459
MU	Boys	0	#346	12	8,477
IR	Boys	0	#351	229	10,162
GH	Boys	0	#358	4	8,138
MY	Boys	0	#361	1,186	25,439
PS	Boys	0	#363	195	10,655
ZA		0	#384	64	14,421
UY	Boys	0	#388	12	5,922
ZA	Girls	0	#389	1,473	25,928
PH	Boys	0	#407	2	11,440
Finland	Boys	0	#413	15	2,041
Austria	Boys	0	#423	20	2,180
AR	Boys	0	#429	39	7,628
TR		0	#440	2,792	19,440
GT	Boys	0	#446	29	7,625
PA	Boys	0	#459	23	9,305
CO	Boys	0	#460	639	15,656
RU	Boys	0	#467	39	12,621
CR	Boys	0	#476	12	10,188
IL	Boys	0	#480	128	10,983
SA	Boys	0	#486	2,266	28,008
BD	Boys	0	#528	49	10,045
CM	Boys	0	#530	21	12,054
NG	Girls	0	#544	263	15,093
HK	Boys	0	#553	5	12,905
BO	Boys	0	#560	33	9,244
QA	Boys	0	#572	136	18,093
Spain	Boys	0	#576	396	5,610
IT	Boys	0	#596	1,347	10,046
OM	Boys	0	#606	286	17,948
CL	Boys	0	#607	59	13,390
BR	Boys	0	#652	100	12,213
AE	Boys	0	#654	482	22,615
Finland	Boys	2026	#678	5	3,552
PE	Boys	0	#766	113	14,506
MX	Boys	0	#772	214	16,355
Germany	Boys	0	#882	71	5,697
NL	Boys	0	#884	68	5,873
United States	Boys	2024	#888	5	7,044
IN	Boys	0	#889	113	16,750
NG	Boys	0	#935	17	16,906
ZA	Boys	0	#1,109	70	25,619

Sara is popular in 101 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Canada

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

Austria

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

England & Wales, United Kingdom

New South Wales, Australia

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

Iceland

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