Sarah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sarah

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The baby name Sarah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAIR-ə (English; IPA: /ˈsɛərə/ or /ˈsærə/).

Sarah is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Female

Syllables: 2.0

Origin: Hebrew

Pronunciation: SAIR-ə (English; IPA: /ˈsɛərə/ or /ˈsærə/)

What is the meaning of the name Sarah ?

The baby name Sarah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAIR-ə (English; IPA: /ˈsɛərə/ or /ˈsærə/).

Sarah is Hebrew in Origin.

From the Hebrew Sarah (שָׂרָה), Sarah means “princess” or “noblewoman,” rooted in sar, “ruler” or “chief.” In the Hebrew Bible she is the matriarch, wife of Abraham; her earlier name Sarai is changed to Sarah in Genesis to mark a covenantal destiny. The name passed through Greek and Latin Bibles into many languages, remaining common in Jewish communities and later embraced in Christian and Muslim traditions (Arabic سارة/Sara) with the same regal sense.

Usage blossomed in English after the Reformation, becoming a Puritan favorite in 17th‑century England and colonial America, and it has stayed a steady classic, peaking in the United States in the 1980s–90s. International variants include Sara (most of Europe and Arabic), Sára (Hungarian, Czech, Slovak), and Yiddish Sore/Sorah; related forms include the biblical Sarai. Familiar diminutives and pet forms are Sally, Sadie, Sarita, and Sari.

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Sarah – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Girls	2025	#1	—	874
Germany	Girls	2025	#1	—	411
SA	Girls	0	#4	12,058	25,931
KW	Girls	0	#5	3,635	19,177
AE	Girls	0	#6	2,834	20,968
QA	Girls	0	#7	1,096	15,378
MT	Girls	0	#8	283	3,773
MT		0	#8	43	1,767
OM	Girls	0	#8	1,478	15,987
FJ	Girls	0	#9	1	583
LU		0	#9	66	2,830
GH	Girls	0	#10	2,152	6,973
BN	Girls	0	#11	137	5,459
HT		0	#11	2	399
KR	Girls	0	#12	4	572
HT	Girls	0	#15	9	950
MV	Girls	0	#15	21	2,021
ET	Girls	0	#16	1	372
Germany	Girls	0	#17	14,969	4,949
IQ	Girls	0	#17	3,973	11,303
BW		0	#19	1	960
MV		0	#19	1	644
BN		0	#20	12	2,297
Germany		0	#22	1,523	2,542
HN		0	#22	1	704
LU	Girls	0	#22	289	4,850
AE		0	#23	229	10,220
ZA	Girls	0	#23	9,892	25,928
NA		0	#24	10	2,537
BW	Girls	0	#25	157	4,216
DJ	Girls	0	#27	3	488
ET	Boys	0	#27	1	678
BI	Girls	0	#28	6	726
PH		0	#28	71	5,607
QA		0	#28	80	7,011
MO		0	#29	24	2,706
MY	Girls	0	#30	5,427	24,821
SD	Girls	0	#30	1,557	7,678
ID		0	#31	9	2,238
IQ		0	#31	142	3,533
Austria		0	#33	377	850
Austria	Girls	0	#34	2,890	1,885
DK	Girls	0	#34	1,133	7,429
JO	Girls	0	#34	1,736	7,570
NG	Girls	0	#34	8,125	15,093
TM	Girls	0	#35	1	574
New Zealand	Girls	2010	#37	84	98
EE		0	#37	1	1,051
SG	Girls	0	#37	2,066	18,916
HN	Girls	0	#38	1	884
GH		0	#39	359	5,396
PH	Girls	0	#39	707	13,098
Austria	Girls	2024	#41	180	60
CN		0	#43	43	3,857
KW		0	#43	77	5,216
France	Girls	2021	#44	1,214	3,185
CN	Girls	0	#46	776	8,829
OM		0	#46	80	6,215
AF	Girls	0	#48	47	2,402
SA		0	#48	415	10,560
SD		0	#49	58	2,130
CM		0	#50	7	2,592
PR		0	#53	3	1,497
CR		0	#54	115	5,526
EG		0	#54	1,778	6,387
SG		0	#54	286	11,010
CY		0	#55	6	1,632
Canada	Girls	2024	#56	396	2,795
EG	Girls	0	#56	22,232	14,742
MY		0	#59	369	12,352
AO		0	#60	17	2,729
DZ		0	#60	13,588	20,130
JO		0	#60	87	2,158
NA	Girls	0	#61	217	7,146
LB		0	#62	2,422	13,263
DK		0	#63	206	5,198
JP		0	#63	15	4,057
AL		0	#64	12	2,372
TW		0	#65	36	4,523
IN		0	#70	2	2,963
PS	Girls	0	#70	1,222	10,981
AF		0	#72	5	1,883
TW	Girls	0	#73	273	8,139
JM		0	#74	14	3,714
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#76	61	1,786
ID	Girls	0	#76	23	3,319
SI		0	#77	4	1,612
MV	Boys	0	#78	2	3,375
MO	Girls	0	#80	209	7,056
Norway	Girls	2025	#81	50	453
BG		0	#81	2	1,799
CY	Girls	0	#81	41	3,755
BH		0	#82	934	17,937
YE		0	#84	672	8,639
Belgium	Girls	2024	#87	104	424
IL	Girls	0	#88	1,504	11,648
MU	Girls	0	#88	405	8,539
ZA		0	#93	476	14,421
SY		0	#94	2,661	11,684
United States	Girls	2024	#95	2,697	8,487
PS		0	#96	130	5,692
NG		0	#100	183	5,926
GE	Girls	0	#105	4	1,564
HK	Girls	0	#105	1,647	16,104
IL		0	#109	213	6,291
HU		0	#111	5	1,675
MU		0	#114	23	3,613
PA		0	#114	17	3,797
GR		0	#122	13	3,911
NL	Girls	0	#123	3,261	5,933
CY	Boys	0	#129	3	3,473
PR	Girls	0	#131	31	3,171
RS	Girls	0	#133	5	1,651
HK		0	#134	281	8,483
AO	Girls	0	#136	78	4,575
BN	Boys	0	#136	4	6,332
EE	Girls	0	#137	6	1,888
BR	Girls	0	#140	3,664	12,708
SI	Girls	0	#143	32	2,769
JP	Girls	0	#144	112	6,592
Sweden	Girls	2022	#146	34	1,568
BW	Boys	0	#149	6	4,685
LY		0	#151	664	12,703
NL		0	#156	284	2,481
CR	Girls	0	#157	642	11,342
HR		0	#160	20	2,081
CZ		0	#166	20	3,154
AL	Girls	0	#167	57	4,141
GR	Girls	0	#170	73	6,293
BR		0	#172	197	5,969
RU		0	#174	16	3,641
IR	Girls	0	#176	597	8,334
JM	Girls	0	#176	86	7,507
MT	Boys	0	#177	3	4,064
BD	Girls	0	#178	245	8,413
CZ	Girls	0	#179	210	5,378
BD		0	#181	47	5,992
CM	Girls	0	#182	564	11,671
IR		0	#185	45	4,221
MA		0	#190	6,907	20,986
AR		0	#192	2	2,915
HU	Girls	0	#194	30	3,308
TN		0	#194	2,450	13,765
LT	Girls	0	#200	1	1,904
HR	Girls	0	#201	94	3,687
PT		0	#203	44	4,161
PL		0	#204	9	2,600
IT	Girls	0	#205	10,828	9,415
BG	Girls	0	#210	14	3,559
LU	Boys	0	#219	2	4,970
PT	Girls	0	#227	327	7,952
IT		0	#229	1,129	4,183
MO	Boys	0	#229	6	5,842
Finland	Girls	0	#233	201	1,368
AO	Boys	0	#249	1	5,568
NA	Boys	0	#250	4	6,830
EC	Girls	0	#252	7	3,650
TW	Boys	0	#254	3	7,111
BO	Girls	0	#262	519	9,488
AF	Boys	0	#269	6	3,535
GR	Boys	0	#273	1	6,912
Finland		0	#276	32	830
KZ	Girls	0	#279	42	5,862
Spain		0	#282	181	2,326
Canada	Boys	2002	#284	6	1,955
JM	Boys	0	#292	2	6,876
KZ	Boys	0	#296	1	6,578
PE		0	#297	14	6,350
Spain	Girls	0	#302	1,406	5,561
AL	Boys	0	#303	1	5,122
JP	Boys	0	#303	1	7,909
CZ	Boys	0	#304	2	6,530
PL	Girls	0	#304	51	5,096
Finland	Girls	2026	#305	1,001	3,895
GH	Boys	0	#307	39	8,138
CN	Boys	0	#328	4	9,639
DK	Boys	0	#328	5	7,401
GT		0	#331	8	5,948
MX		0	#331	83	8,339
PA	Girls	0	#333	153	9,861
JO	Boys	0	#337	41	7,057
BO		0	#338	44	6,868
PL	Boys	0	#340	1	6,459
RU	Girls	0	#354	150	11,913
MU	Boys	0	#361	9	8,477
PH	Boys	0	#369	15	11,440
PT	Boys	0	#381	1	7,951
France	Boys	2003	#395	3	2,466
CL		0	#397	15	6,867
SD	Boys	0	#402	44	10,523
CO		0	#406	75	7,768
CO	Girls	0	#448	1,101	16,140
GT	Girls	0	#448	58	7,500
UY	Girls	0	#455	56	6,731
IN	Girls	0	#467	168	13,121
RU	Boys	0	#493	13	12,621
GT	Boys	0	#497	3	7,625
PA	Boys	0	#505	1	9,305
CR	Boys	0	#509	2	10,188
HK	Boys	0	#512	16	12,905
PS	Boys	0	#519	30	10,655
AR	Girls	0	#520	80	8,289
CM	Boys	0	#525	26	12,054
IQ	Boys	0	#529	139	13,071
EG	Boys	0	#536	399	15,035
IR	Boys	0	#539	14	10,162
MX	Girls	0	#539	1,024	17,781
BD	Boys	0	#567	10	10,045
IL	Boys	0	#577	31	10,983
KW	Boys	0	#594	177	18,755
BO	Boys	0	#615	8	9,244
CL	Girls	0	#641	215	14,098
QA	Boys	0	#658	50	18,093
SG	Boys	0	#670	28	17,960
CL	Boys	0	#700	1	13,390
BR	Boys	0	#711	41	12,213
PE	Girls	0	#770	176	14,861
TR		0	#778	531	19,440
NG	Boys	0	#799	153	16,906
OM	Boys	0	#799	83	17,948
Germany	Boys	0	#881	72	5,697
United States	Boys	2020	#891	8	7,187
CO	Boys	0	#908	13	15,656
ZA	Boys	0	#915	266	25,619
NL	Boys	0	#917	35	5,873
Spain	Boys	0	#919	12	5,610
PE	Boys	0	#922	5	14,506
AE	Boys	0	#968	125	22,615
MY	Boys	0	#969	143	25,439
IN	Boys	0	#982	20	16,750
MX	Boys	0	#1,028	6	16,355
SA	Boys	0	#1,059	626	28,008
IT	Boys	0	#1,386	86	10,046

Sarah is popular in 98 countries — most recent births per country:

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Norway

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Austria

Canada

Germany

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

New South Wales, Australia

England & Wales, United Kingdom

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

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

New York City (Hispanic), United States

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

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Finland

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