Sarah (female name)
Encyclopedia
Sarah is a feminine given name
found in many different areas of the world. Frequently, the name refers to Sarah
, the wife of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible
, the Christian Old Testament
, and the Islamic Quran. It is of Hebrew origin, meaning "Princess".
Sarah is a consistently popular given name across Europe and North America, as well as in the Middle East - being commonly used as a female first name by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, and remaining popular also among non-religious members of cultures influenced by these religions. In the United States
, Sara ranked among the top 10 names from 1978 to 2002. , it remained the 30th most popular name for newborn girls.
The name has, similarly, gained much popularity in Ireland and the United Kingdom; in 2003, Sarah ranked one of the top 5 most popular Irish baby names. In Iran
, Sarah also reliably ranks in the nation's top 1000 names for female newborns.
Sarah has been counted among the top 150 given names since 1880, when name popularity statistics were first recorded in the United States
. Its most common variant spelling, Sara, was number 121 in 2010.
It's also the most attractive name a woman can have for most South Americans, specially for Colombians.
In contemporary Israeli Hebrew, "sarah" (שרה), derived from the same linguistic origin, is also the word for "woman minister".
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
found in many different areas of the world. Frequently, the name refers to Sarah
Sarah
Sarah or Sara was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai...
, the wife of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...
, the Christian Old Testament
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
, and the Islamic Quran. It is of Hebrew origin, meaning "Princess".
Sarah is a consistently popular given name across Europe and North America, as well as in the Middle East - being commonly used as a female first name by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, and remaining popular also among non-religious members of cultures influenced by these religions. In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Sara ranked among the top 10 names from 1978 to 2002. , it remained the 30th most popular name for newborn girls.
The name has, similarly, gained much popularity in Ireland and the United Kingdom; in 2003, Sarah ranked one of the top 5 most popular Irish baby names. In Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Sarah also reliably ranks in the nation's top 1000 names for female newborns.
Sarah has been counted among the top 150 given names since 1880, when name popularity statistics were first recorded in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Its most common variant spelling, Sara, was number 121 in 2010.
It's also the most attractive name a woman can have for most South Americans, specially for Colombians.
In contemporary Israeli Hebrew, "sarah" (שרה), derived from the same linguistic origin, is also the word for "woman minister".
Other forms
- Variants of the name are: Sara, ZaraZara-Places:*Zara, Turkey, district in the Turkish province of Sivas Province *Zara, Italian, Venetian, German and Hungarian name of the Adriatic port city of Zadar , former capital of Dalmatia, today in Croatia*Zara, Tibet, village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China*Zara ,...
. - Pet forms of the name are: SallySally-Military:*Sally , an attack by the defenders of a town or fortress under siege against a besieging force*Sally, the Allied reporting name during World War II for the Imperial Japanese Armys Mitsubishi Ki-21 bomber-Names:...
, SadieSadieSadie, , a black Labrador Retriever, is a recipient of the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. She was awarded for detecting an explosive device outside the United Nations headquarters in Kabul in November 2005, and was awarded by the Princess Alexandra on 6 February 2007...
.