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The baby name Sarsa is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAR-sah.

Gender: Girl
Syllables: 2
Pronunciation: SAR-sah

What is the meaning of the name Sarsa ?

The baby name Sarsa is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAR-sah.

Sarsa is in Origin.

Sarsa is best treated as a modern name of uncertain linguistic origin. The spelling is not a standard Arabic word for dew, nor is it the normal Spanish word salsa; in Sanskrit, the nearer forms are saras, lake or pond, and sarasa, watery, juicy, or flowing, from the Indo-Aryan root √sṛ, to flow. Those forms may explain some later interpretations, but Sarsa itself is not an early Sanskrit citation.

As a given name, Sarsa appears only sporadically in contemporary records and lacks a continuous medieval, religious, or literary tradition under this exact spelling. Small modern datasets tend to place it on girls, including isolated Australian registrations, but the sample is too thin for a stable regional profile. Comparable-looking names include Saras and Sarasā in South Asian contexts, while Salsa and Zarza are unrelated Spanish words rather than variants.

Sarsa is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Sarsa appears only 31 times in total — found in 18 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.

Famous people with the name Sarsa

Sarsa Dengel Royal · Born 1550 Sarsa Dengel, also known as Sarsa the Great, is best known for being Emperor of Ethiopia in the late 1500s and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Malak Sagad I, and he ruled until his death in 1597.

Sarsa – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
TW Girls 0 #289 1 8,139
OM Girls 0 #424 1 15,987
PA Girls 0 #518 1 9,861
IQ Girls 0 #525 1 11,303
RU Boys 0 #526 1 12,621
SG Girls 0 #631 2 18,916
IN Girls 0 #652 3 13,121
QA Boys 0 #742 2 18,093
SY 0 #766 2 11,684
BR Boys 0 #785 1 12,213
KW Boys 0 #806 1 18,755
OM Boys 0 #918 1 17,948
EG Boys 0 #925 1 15,035
EG Girls 0 #1,009 1 14,742
SA Girls 0 #1,012 3 25,931
IN Boys 0 #1,039 1 16,750
MY Girls 0 #1,072 1 24,821
AE Boys 0 #1,143 1 22,615
MY Boys 0 #1,182 1 25,439
MA 0 #1,199 1 20,986
DZ 0 #1,233 2 20,130
TR 0 #1,254 1 19,440
SA Boys 0 #1,691 1 28,008

Sarsa is popular in 18 countries — most recent births per country:

AE
BR
DZ
EG
IN

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People also ask about Sarsa

Sarsa is predominantly a unisex name, used for both boys and girls.
Sarsa is a 2 syllable name, pronounced SAR-sah.
Yes — Sarsa is extremely rare. We found only 31 recorded uses of Sarsa as a first name across our entire international dataset, spanning 18 countries. It is not ranked in any major national birth registry, and most people will never have heard of it.
Yes — 1 notable people named Sarsa are in our database, including Sarsa Dengel (Royal).