Sarah

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, lady, princess), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally masters, princes)).

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Sarah (countable and uncountable, plural Sarahs)

  1. (biblical) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
  2. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • 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.
  3. A placename
    1. An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
    2. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Sarah

  1. A village in Hormozgan, Iran.
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References

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  1. ^ Sarah”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sarah”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Sarah”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sarah”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Danish

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Etymology

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

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Sarah

  1. a female given name

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  • [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.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Likely influenced by English, which tends to represent Hebrew matres lectionis in spelling.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.raː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧rah

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Sarah f

  1. Alternative form of Sara

French

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Etymology

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A spelling variant of the biblical given name Sara.

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Sarah f

  1. a female given name

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  • [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.

German

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Sarah f

  1. (biblical) Sarah
  2. a female given name from Biblical Hebrew

Norwegian

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Sarah

  1. a female given name

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  • [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.

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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Sarah c (genitive Sarahs)

  1. a female given name

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  • 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.

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Sarah, from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, lady, princess).

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Sarah (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ)

  1. a female given name from English