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Sarah Pronunciation Gender Female Language(s) Hebrew Meaning "noblewoman", "princess",[1] Related names Sara Sarai Sadie Sasa Seira Sairah Sally
Sarah is a common feminine given name of Hebrew origin.[2] [3] [4] It derives its popularity from the biblical matriarch Sarah , the wife of Abraham and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions . It is a consistently popular given name across Europe , North America ,[1] and the Middle East — being commonly used as a female first name by Jews , Muslims , and Christians alike, and remaining popular also among non-religious members of cultures influenced by these religions.
In Hebrew , Sarah (שָׂרָה) is the feminine form of the noun Sar (שַׂר), which commonly translates to "chief", "ruler" or "prince". It is also related to the verb שָׂרָה, which is also the basis of the name Israel .[5] In Modern Hebrew , Sarah (שָׂרָה) is the feminine form of the word for "minister".
In the United States , Sarah has been counted among the top 150 given names since 1880, when name popularity statistics were first recorded in the United States. Sarah was ranked among the top 10 names from 1978 to 2002, reaching a plateau of popularity from the early 1980s to 1988. Every year since and including 1989, it has fallen in popularity, but it remained the 30th most–popular name for newborn girls in 2010. Its most common variant spelling, Sara, was number 121.[6]
The name has been similarly popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom . In England , it gained popularity after the Protestant Reformation .[1] In 2014, Sarah ranked as the tenth most popular female baby name in Ireland .[7]
In Nazi Germany , female Jews who did not have "typically Jewish" given names were forced to add "Sara" as of January 1939, whereas males were forced to add "Israel ".[8] [9]
Translations Albanian: Sara Amharic: ሳራ (Sara) Arabic: سارة Aramaic:ܣܪܐ Armenian: Սառա Azerbaijani: Sara Bashkir: Сара (Sara) Belarusian: Сара (Sara) Balochi: saraa Bengali: সারাহ্, সারাহ (sarah); সারা (sara) Biblical Greek: Sarra Biblical Latin: Sara Bosnian: Sara Bulgarian: Сара (Sara) Catalan: Sara Chinese Simplified: 莎拉 (pinyin : Shā lā) Chinese Traditional: 莎拉 (pinyin : Shā lā) Croatian: Sara Czech: Sára Danish: Sara Dutch: Sarah, Sara Estonian: Saara English: Sarah, Sara Faroese: Sára Finnish: Saara, Sari, Saija , Salli, Sara French: Sarah German: Sarah, Sara Greek: Σάρα (Sára) Gujarati: સારાહ (Sārāha) Haitian Creole: Sara Hawaiian: Kala Hebrew: שרה (Sārā) Hindi: सराह (Sarāha) Hungarian: Sára , Sári, Sárika, Sarolta, Sasa Icelandic: Sara Indonesian: Sarah, Sara Iranian: سارا Italian: Sara Irish: Sorcha, Saraid Japanese: サラ (Sara), 沙羅 (Sara) Kannada: ಸಾರಾ (Sārā) Khmer: សារ៉ា (Sara) Korean: 사라 (Sara) Lithuanian: Sara Macedonian: Сара (Sara) Maori: Hara Marathi: सारा (Sārā) Mongolian: Сара (Sara) Malayalam: സാറ, Sara, Saramma Nepali: सारा (Sārā) Norwegian: Sara Persian: سارا Polish: Sara Portuguese: Sara Romanian: Sara Russian: Сара (Sara), Sarka, Sarra Sanskrit: सार (Sara) Serbian: Сара/Sara Slovak: Sára Slovene: Sara Somali: Sahra Spanish: Sara, Sarita, Zara Swedish: Sara Tamil: சாரா (Cārā) Telugu: సారా (Sārā) Thai: ซาร่าห์ (Sā r̀ā h̄̒) Tigrigna: ሳራ (Sara) Turkish: Sara, Sare Uzbek: Sora Ukrainian: Сара (Sara) Urdu: سارہ Vietnamese: Sara Welsh: Sara Yiddish: שרה (Soro), Sirke People Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei Sarah, Duchess of York , British author, television personality, and former member of the British royal familySarah Abo , Australian television presenter, journalist and reporterSara Ahmed , scholar and authorSarah Alexander , English actressSarah Aroeste , Sephardic Jewish musicianSarah Ashton-Cirillo , American journalist and activistSarah Attar , Saudi Arabian-American distance runnerSarah Austin (entrepreneur) , American author and tech entrepreneurSarah Baartman , Khoikhoi womanSarah Franklin Bache , daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah ReadSarah Baker (actress) , American actress and comedianSarah Gertrude Banks , American physician and suffragistSarah Beeny , English property developer and TV presenterSarah Bernhardt , French stage actressSarah Uriarte Berry , American actress and singerSarah Blasko , Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producerSarah Bolger , Irish actressSarah Bonnici , Maltese singerSarah Borwell , British tennis playerSarah A. Bowman , Irish American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madamSarah Rees Brennan , Irish children’s writerSarah Emi Bridcutt , Japanese voice actressSarah Brightman , British singer and actressSarah Jane Brown , British campaigner for global health and educationSarah Bryce , Scottish cricketerSarah Bush Lincoln , stepmother of Abraham LincolnSarah Buxton , American musicianSarah G. Buxton , American actressSarah Wayne Callies , American actressSarah Carter , Canadian-American actressSarah Chalke , Canadian actress and modelSarah Champion , British politicianSarah Chang , Korean American classical violinistSarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough , British duchessSarah Churchill (actress) , British actress and dancerSarah Clarke , American actressSarah Colonna , American stand-up comedian, actress, and comedy writerSarah Connolly , English mezzo—sopranoSarah Connor (singer) , German singerSarah Palfrey Cooke , American tennis playerSarah Cooper , Jamaican American comedian and authorSarah Coyte , Australian cricketerSarah Cracknell , English singer-songwriter and lead singer of the electronic music band Saint EtienneSarah Darling , American musicianSarah Dash , American singerSarah Davis (politician) , American politicianSarah Desjardins , Canadian actressSarah Dessen , American writer and novelistSarah Dines , British politicianSarah Dorsey , American novelist and historianSarah Douglas (actress) , English actressSarah Drew , American actress and directorSarah Dunant , English writer, broadcaster and criticSarah Edmondson , Canadian actress and podcasterSarah Emma Edmonds , British North America-born womanSarah Edwards (actress) , American actressSarah Edwards (missionary) , American mysticSarah Fyge Egerton , British writerSarah Elfreth , American politician in MarylandSarah Elliott (cricketer) , Australian women’s cricketerSarah Ellis (author) , Canadian children’s writer and librarianSarah Elmaleh , American voice actorSarah Engels , German pop singer and TV personalitySarah Featherstone , British architectSarah Feinberg , American civil servantSarah Ferguson (journalist) , Australian journalist, reporter and television presenterSarah Fielding , British writerSarah Dawn Finer , Swedish singer, songwriter and actressSarah Finnegan , American artistic gymnastSarah Fisher , American race car driverSarah Forbes Bonetta , West African princessSarah Foot , British historian and Anglican priestSarah Frey , American farmer and entrepreneurSarah Fuller Flower Adams , English poet and hymnwriterSarah Fuller (athlete) , American soccer and football playerSarah Gadon , Canadian actressSarah Gailey , American authorSarah Michelle Gellar , American actressSarah Geronimo , Filipino singer and actressSarah Gilbert , English vaccinologistSarah Godlewski , American businesswoman and politicianSarah Goldberg , Canadian actressSarah Good , woman executed in the Salem Witch TrialsSarah E. Goode , American entrepreneur and inventorSarah Goodridge , American artistSarah Gorden , American soccer playerSarah Urist Green , American art museum curator, author, and creatorSarah Greene , English TV presenterSarah Greene (actress) , Irish actress and singerSarah Moore Grimké , American abolitionistSarah Grochala , British playwrightSarah Harrington , British artistSarah Israelit Groll , Israeli Egyptologist and linguistSarah Ogan Gunning , American songwriter and folk singerSarah Hadland , English actressSarah Haffner , German—British author, painter and active feministSarah Haider , American writer, public speaker, and political activistSarah Josepha Hale , American writer, activist and editorSarah C. Hall (1832-1926), American physician, suffragistSarah Tyson Hallowell , American art curatorSarah Harding , English singer, model and actressSarah Harmer , Canadian singer, songwriter and environmental activistSarah Hart (disambiguation) , several peopleSarah Hay , American actress and ballerinaSarah Heap (1870–1960), New Zealand physical education teacher and drill mistressSarah Hegazi , Egyptian socialist, writer and lesbian activistSarah Henderson , Australian politician, lawyer and former journalistSarah Hirini , New Zealand rugby Union playerSarah Hirshland (born 1975), chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee Sarah A. Hoyt , Portuguese-born American science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and historical fiction writerSarah Blaffer Hrdy , American anthropologist and primatologistSarah Hudson (singer) , American singer and musicianSarah A. Hughes (1847-1816), African Methodist Episcopal preacherSarah T. Hughes , American lawyer and federal judgeSarah Hughes , American politician and former competitive figure skaterSarah Hyland , American actressSarah Ichioka , American urban planner and art curatorSarah Idan , Iraqi-American model, television host, musician, beauty pageant titleholder, and politicianSarah Iliev , French female tennis playerSarah Illingworth , English-born New Zealand former cricketerSarah Imovbioh , Nigerian basketball playerSarah Inghelbrecht , Belgian road and track cyclistSarah Ioannides , British conductor, collaborator and multimediaSarah Irving , Canadian businesswomanSarah Isgur , American lawyer and political operativeSarah Iversen , Danish handball playerSarah Noble Ives , American painter, illustrator and writerSarah Yorke Jackson , First Lady of the United StatesSarah Jaffe , American musician from Denton, TexasSarah Jarosz , American musicianSarah Jeffery , Canadian actressSarah Orne Jewett , American novelist, short story writer and poetSarah Anne Johnson , Canadian artistSarah Iles Johnston , American classical scholarSarah Jones (screen actress) , American actressSarah Jurgens , Canadian actress, producer, casting director, model, photographer and multimedia artistSarah Kamya , creator of Little Free Diverse Library projectSarah Kane , English playwright, screenwriter and theatre directorSarah Kaufman , Canadian mixed martial artistSarah Kendall , Australian comedianSarah Kendzior , American author, anthropologist, researcher, and scholarSarah Kennedy , British DJSarah Keyworth , English stand-up comedianSarah Khan , Pakistani actressSarah Kinsley , American singer-songwriterSarah Knauss , American supercentenarianSarah Kemble Knight , American teacher and businesswomanSarah Koenig , American journalist and podcast hostSarah Kofman , French philosopherSarah Lacina , American reality show contestantSarah Lahbati , Swiss-born Filipino actress and reality starSarah Lancashire , English actressSarah Lancaster , American actressSarah Lane , American ballet dancerSarah Lawrence (educator) , English educator, writer and literary editorSarah Levy , Canadian actressSarah Lind , Canadian actressSarah Logan , American professional wrestlerSarah Longwell , American political strategist and publisherSarah Lucas , English photographer and sculptorSarah J. Maas , American writerSarah Ladipo Manyika , British-Nigerian writerSarah Mardini , Syrian former competition swimmer, lifeguard and human rights activistSarah Y. Mason , American screenwriter and script supervisorSarah McBride , American transgender rights activist and politicianSarah McGuinness , Irish singer, composer, producer, director, and screenwriterSarah Galt Elwood McKee , Canadian social reformer and temperance leaderSarah McLachlan , Canadian musician, singer and songwriterSarah McLeod (musician) , Australian singer-songwriterSarah Meier , Swiss figure skaterSarah Newcomb Merrick , Canadian-born American educator, writer, businesswoman and physicianSarah Miles , British actressSarah Millican , English comedian, writer and presenterSarah Mirr , American soccer playerSarah Monette , American novelist and short story writerSarah Mortensen , Danish basketballerSarah Mullally , British Anglican bishop, Lord Spiritual and former nurseSarah Murdoch , British-Australian model, actress, and television presenterSarah Natochenny , American voice actress and film directorSarah Nemtsov , German composerSarah Neufeld , Canadian musicianSarah Newton , British politicianSarah Niles , British film, TV and theatre actressSarah Nixey , British singer-songwriterSarah Noriega , American volleyball player, collegiate champion and Olympic athleteSarah Nurse , Canadian ice hockey playerSarah Nuttall , South African academic and cultural criticSarah Ockwell-Smith , English writerSarah O’Connor , American molecular biologistSarah Onyango Obama , Kenyan educator and philanthropistSarah Olney , British politicianSarah Oppenheimer , American artistSarah Ortmeyer , German artistSarah Osborne , colonist in the Massachusetts Bay colony and one of the first women to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials of 1692Sarah Otto , Canadian scientistSarah Ourahmoune , French former female boxerSarah Outen , British athlete and adventurerSarah Owen , British politician and trade unionistSarah Palin , American politician, commentator, author and TV personalitySarah Parish , English actressSarah Jessica Parker , American actress and TV producerSarah Paulson , American actressSarah Jo Pender , American murdererSarah Pett , British medical researcherSarah Phelps , British television screenwriter, radio writer, playwright and television producerSarah Pinborough , English author and screenwriterSarah Pinsker , American science fiction and fantasy authorSarah Polley , Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and retired actressSarah Pudifin-Jones , South African lawyerSarah Quigley , New Zealand authorSarah Quintrell , English writer, producer and actressSarah Quraishi , Pakistani aerospace engineerSarah Rafferty , American film and TV actressSarah Ramos , American actressSarah N. Randolph , American educator, school principal, historian, and an authorSarah Rector , African American member of the Muskogee (Creek) NationSarah Reeves , American musician and singerSarah E. Reisman , American chemistSarah Mower Requa , American philanthropist and California pioneerSarah Rice (1955–2024), U.S. stage actressSarah Rice (banker) (died 1842), English businesswomanSarah Richardson , Canadian interior designer and television personalitySarah Roberts (actress) , Australian TV and film actressSarah Robles , American weightlifterSarah Roemer , American actressSarah Rogers Haight , American traveler and writerSarah Rowe , Australian rules footballerSarah Ruden , American writerSarah Ruhl , American playwright, poet, professor, and essayistSarah Huckabee Sanders , American politician and political press secretarySarah Schulman , American novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, gay activist, and AIDS historianSarah Shahi , American actressSarah Sherman , American comedian, actress and screenwriterSarah Siddons , Welsh actressSarah Silverman , American comedian, actress and writerSarah Sjöström , Swedish swimmerSarah Slean , Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and musicianSarah K. Smith , artist and educatorSarah Kirkland Snider , American composerSarah Snook , Australian actressSarah Solemani , English actress, writer and activistSarah Springman (born 1956), British-Swiss triathlete, civil engineer, and academicSarah Stiles , American singer-actorSarah Stock , American professional wrestlerSarah Sutherland , Canadian-American actressSarah Taylor (cricketer) , English women cricketerSarah Teather , British politicianSarah Thomas (American football official) , American football officialSarah Thomas (marathon swimmer) , American marathon swimmerSarah Thompson (actress) , American actressSarah Thomson (publisher) , Canadian politicianSarah Thornton , Canadian writer, ethnographer and sociologistSarah Tishkoff , American geneticistSarah Treem , American playwright, writer and producerSarah Trigger , British actressSarah Trimmer , British author and editorSarah True , American triathleteSarah E. Turner , American professor of economics and education and Souder Family Endowed Chair at the University of VirginiaSarah Ulmer , New Zealand former cyclistSarah Unsicker , American politicianSarah Updike Goddard , American printer and newspaper publisherSarah Utterback , American actressSarah Uwera , Rwandan cricketer and a former captain of the Rwanda women's cricket teamSarah Vaillancourt , Canadian women’s ice hockey playerSarah Van Den Boom , French animation film director and co-founder of the Papy3D ProductionsSarah Vaughan , American jazz and classical singerSarah Vaughan (writer) , British writer and journalistSarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey , English noblewoman and bankerSarah Vinci , Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball playerSarah Vine , British columnistSarah Vogel , American farm advocate, author, former politician, and lawyerSarah Voss , German artistic gymnastSarah Vowell , American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actressSarah Walsh , Australian soccer playerSarah Washington , British singerSarah Waters , Welsh novelistSarah Weddington , American attorney, law professor, advocate for women's rights and reproductive health, and member of the Texas House of RepresentativesSarah Leah Whitson , American lawyer and the executive directorSarah Wiedenheft , Dutch-American voice actressSarah Wildes , wrongly convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trialsSarah Anne Williams , American voice actressSarah D. Winans , American organizational leaderSarah Winchester , American heiress and occultistSarah Winnemucca , Northern Paiute writer, activist and educatorSarah Wollaston , British politicianSarah Woodward , British actressSarah Wright , American actressSarah X Dylan , American Internet radio host, Internet television host, former radio producer and talk show co-hostSarah Yates , British artistSarah York , American pen pal of Manuel NoriegaSarah Young (author) , American Christian authorSarah Young (DJ) , British DJ and record producerSarah Young (immunologist) , New Zealand immunologistSarah Yuster , American painterSarah Zadrazil , Austrian association football playerSarah Zapata , Peruvian-American textile artistSarah Zar , American visual artist, songwriter, performance artist, curator, and a musical saw playerSarah Zechman , professor of businessSarah Zeid , Jordanian princessSarah Zerbes , German algebraic number theoristSarah Zettel , American authorSarah Zucker , American visual artist and writerFictional characters Sarah Connor , a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Terminator franchise Sarah Jones, a fictional character from the Welsh animated series Fireman Sam Sarah Kerrigan , a character in Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft franchiseSarah Phillips, a fictional character and one of three main protagonists of the 2002 DIC Entertainment television cartoon Liberty's Kids Sarah Platt , a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation StreetSarah Jane Smith , a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the BBC Television science fiction series Doctor Who and two of its spin-offsSarah the Sunday Fairy, a fictional character in the British book series Rainbow Magic Sarah Walker (Chuck) , the alias of one of the main characters of the television show Chuck on NBCSarah Williams (Labyrinth) , a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1986 fantasy film LabyrinthSarah, a fictional character from the Cartoon Network animated TV series Ed, Edd n Eddy Other forms See also References Name list
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