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 [ 2 syll. sa-rah, sar-ah ] The girl name Sarah is pronounced as SEHRah KEY. Sarah is primarily used in English, French, and German, and its language of origin is Hebrew. Biblical name derived from the element 'saray' which is of the meaning princess, lady. The name was borne in the Bible by the mother of Isaac and wife of Abraham; she was earlier known as Sarai meaning 'contentious, quarrelsome', but God gave her the more well-meaning name Sarah before her son's birth. The name was adopted by English Puritans in the 16th century, and it saw a revival by the late 19th century. In Ireland, the name is taken as an Anglicized form of Saraid and Sorcha; in Scotland it is used as the equivalent of Mór. The name Sarah is used to a great extent; it has 51 variant forms that are used in both English and other languages. English variant forms of Sarah include Chara (used in Spanish as well), Sadella, Saida (used in Arabic as well), Sala (used in Polish as well), Sarahity, Saran, Sareen, Sarena, Sarene, Saretta, Sari (used in Hungarian as well), Saria, Sarina (used in German as well), Sarine (used in German as well), Sarinia, Sarissa, Satette, Sela (used in Tongan as well), Zara (used in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slavic, and Arabic as well), and Zaria. Other English forms include the short form Sal, the pet forms Sadie, Sadye, Salli, Sally (used in French as well), Sarie, and Sassie, and the spelling variants Sara (used in German as well), Sarha, Sarhah, Sarra (used in Russian as well), Sarrah, Sarrey, and Zarah (used in German as well). Variant forms of Sarah used in other languages include the Latinized and Spanish Charita, the Indian and Hawaiian Kala, the Hawaiian Kela, the Finnish Saara, the German Sahra, the Polish Salcia, the Hungarian Sarika, the Russian Sarka, the Hungarian Sarolta, the French Sarotte, the Russian and Hungarian Sasa, the Hungarian Sára, the Italian Serita, and the French Zaidee. The pet forms Sarita (Spanish), Sassa (Scandinavian), and Sári (Hungarian) are other foreign variants. See also the related forms, the Irish and Scottish Mór, the English Sarahbeth, the English Saralee, the English Saralynn, the English Saranna, and the English, Irish, Manx, and Scottish Sorcha. Sarah is very popular as a baby name for girls. The name increased in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1980s. At the peak of its usage in 1981, 1.576% of baby girls were named Sarah. Its ranking then was #4. The baby name has since slipped in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.433% and its ranking #20, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its group. In 2008, Sarah was thrice as popular as the 2nd most popular name, the English and German Sara. The name Sarah has predominantly been a girl name, though it has also been given to boys in the past century. In 1989, Sarah as a girl name outnumbered its use as a boy name by 199 times. Baby names that sound like Sarah include the English and German Sara, the Hungarian Sára, the English Seara, the English Serra, the English and Irish Cera, the Finnish Saara, the Italian Saffira, the English Saffire, the Indian Sagara, the Arabic and Iranian Sahar, the German Sahra, the Spanish Saray, the Hungarian and English Sari, the English Sarie, the English and Russian Sarra, the English Sarrah, the English Sarrey, the name Saura, the Hungarian Sári, and the English Seirra. Details of famous persons named Sarah: KEY: Pronunciation for Sarah: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
