Sarah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׂרָה‎ (Sara, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named שָׂרָי‎ (saráy, “Sarai: masters, princes”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɹə/, /ˈsɛəɹ.ə/, /ˈsɑɹə/; (Mary–marry–merry distinction, also) /ˈsæɹə/, /ˈse(ɪ)ɹ.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːɹə/, /ˈsɛəɹ.ə/, /ˈsɑɹə/, /ˈsæɹə/

Proper noun

Sarah

1. The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), 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.

Alternative forms

• Sara

Related terms

• (nickname): Sallie, Sally
• (nickname): Sadie

Translations

the wife of Abraham

• Arabic: سَارَة‎‎ f (sāra)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܣܪܐ‎‎ (sara)

• Armenian: Սառա (Saṙa)
• Bashkir: Сара (Sara)
• Belarusian: Са́ра f (Sára)
• Bulgarian: Са́ра f (Sára)
• Catalan: Sara (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莎拉 (zh) (Shālā)

• Czech: Sára (cs) f
• Danish: Sara
• Dutch: Sara (nl)
• Ewe: Sara
• Faroese: Sára f
• Finnish: Saara (fi)
• French: Sara (fr) f
• Georgian: სარა (sara)
• German: Sara (de) f, Sarah (de) f
• Greek: Σάρα (el) f (Sára)
• Hausa: Saratu
• Hawaiian: Sara
• Hebrew: שרה‎‎ (he) f (sará)
• Hungarian: Sára (hu)
• Irish: Sárá

• Italian: Sara (it)
• Japanese: サラ (Sara)
• Korean: 사라 (ko) (Sara)
• Macedonian: Сара f (Sara)
• Maori: Hara
• Northern Sami: Sárá
• Norwegian: Sara (no)
• Persian: سارا‎‎ (fa) (sârâ)
• Polish: Sara (pl) f
• Portuguese: Sara (pt) f
• Russian: Са́ра (ru) f (Sára), Са́рра (ru) f (Sárra)
• Scots: Saurah
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сара f

  Roman: Sara (sh) f

• Slovak: Sára f
• Slovene: Sara (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Sara (hsb) f

• Spanish: Sara (es)
• Swedish: Sara (sv)
• Tajik: Соро (Soro)
• Turkish: Sara, Sare
• Ukrainian: Са́ра f (Sára)
• Yiddish: שׂרה‎‎ f (sore)

given name from Hebrew

• Arabic: سَارَة‎‎ f (sārah)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܣܪܐ‎‎ (sara)

• Bashkir: Сара (Sara)
• Catalan: Sara (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莎拉 (zh) (Shālā)

• Czech: Sára (cs) f
• Danish: Sara, Sarah
• Dutch: Sara (nl), Sarah
• Ewe: Sara
• Faroese: Sára f
• Finnish: Saara (fi)
• French: Sarah (fr) f
• Galician: Sara
• Georgian: სარა (sara)
• German: Sara (de) f, Sarah (de) f
• Greek: Σάρα (el) f (Sára)
• Greenlandic: Saalat
• Hausa: Saratu
• Hawaiian: Kala

• Hebrew: שרה‎‎ (he) f (sará)
• Hungarian: Sára (hu)
• Irish: Sorcha
• Italian: Sara (it)
• Japanese: サラ (Sara)
• Korean: 사라 (ko) (Sara)
• Latin: Sara
• Maori: Hera
• Northern Sami: Sárá
• Norwegian: Sara (no)
• Portuguese: Sara (pt)
• Russian: Са́ра (ru) f (Sára)
• Scots: Saurah
• Scottish Gaelic: Mòr, Mòrag, Sorcha
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Sara (hsb) f

• Spanish: Sara
• Swedish: Sara (sv)
• Turkish: Sâra
• Yiddish: שׂרה‎‎ f (sore)

Anagrams

• Sahar, haars, haras

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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

Alternative forms

• Sara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaːʀa]

• Audio (Austria)

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧rah

Proper noun

Sarah f

1. (biblical) Sarah
2. 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 c (genitive Sarahs)

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [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.