Sarah

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (Sara, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɛərə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɛrə/, /ˈsærə/

Proper noun

Sarah

1. (biblical) Wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac.
   • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 17:15

     And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

2. A female given name
   • 1988 Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye: page 15:

     I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.

Related terms

• Sadie, Sallie, Sally, Sara

Synonyms

• (wife of Abraham): Sarai

Translations

Wife of Abraham

Arabic: سارة (sāra) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܣܪܐ (sara) Armenian: Սառա (hy) (Saṙa) Catalan: Sara (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 莎拉 (cmn) (Shālā) Danish: Sara (da) Dutch: Sara (nl) Ewe: Sara Finnish: Saara (fi) French: Sara (fr)

German: Sara (de) Hawaiian: Sara Hebrew: שרה (Sara) Irish: Sárá (ga) Italian: Sara (it) Northern Sami: Sárá Norwegian: Sara (no) Russian: Сара (Sára), Сарра (Sárra) Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: Sara (hsb) f. Spanish: Sara (es) Swedish: Sara (sv)

given name from Hebrew

Arabic: سيره (sērah) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܣܪܐ (sara) Catalan: Sara (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 莎拉 (cmn) (Shālā) Czech: Sára (cs) Danish: Sara (da), Sarah (da) Dutch: Sara, Sarah Ewe: Sara Finnish: Saara (fi) French: Sarah (fr) Galician: Sara Georgian: სარა (Sara) German: Sara (de), Sarah (de) Greek: Σάρα (Sara)

Hawaiian: Kala Hebrew: שרה (Sara) Irish: Sorcha (ga) Italian: Sara (it) Latin: Sara (la) Northern Sami: Sárá Norwegian: Sara (no) Portuguese: Sara (pt) Russian: Сара (Sára) Scottish Gaelic: Mòr, Mòrag, Sorcha Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: Sara (hsb) f. Spanish: Sara Swedish: Sara (sv) Turkish: Sâra

Anagrams

• haras, Sahar

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Danish

Etymology

From English Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Danish Sara.

Proper noun

Sarah

1. A female given name.

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 9025 females with the given name Sarah (compared to 12 537 named Sara) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequncy peak in the 1990s. Accessed on March 20th, 2011.

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French

Etymology

A spelling variant of the biblical given name Sara.

Proper noun

Sarah

1. A female given name.

References

• [2] MeilleursPrénoms, based on INSEE data: 143 746 females named Sarah, compared to 18 954 named Sara, in France in 1900 - 2009, with the frequency peak in 2000. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.

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German

Etymology

From English Sarah. Used as a spelling variant of the traditional German Sara.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈzaːʀa/

Proper noun

Sarah

1. A female given name.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From English Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Norwegian Sara.

Proper noun

Sarah

1. A female given name.

References

• [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 2899 females with the given name Sarah, compared to 7800 named Sara, living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

From English Sarah. Used as a modern spelling variant of the traditional Swedish Sara.

Proper noun

Sarah

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån: 6971 females with the given name Sarah (compared to 62 008 named Sara) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.