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The Hawaii Kala, the German Sahra, the German Sara, the German Sarina, the German Sarine, the Hungarian Sára, the English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Zara, the German Zarah, and the English Zaria are variant forms of Sarah. The short form Sal (English), and the pet forms Sadie (English), Sally (English and French), Sarita (Spanish), Sassa (Scandinavian), Sassie (English), and Sári (Hungarian) are other variants of the name. See also the related form, the 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 2007, its usage was 0.471% and its ranking #18, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its group. In 2007, Sarah was twice as popular as the 2nd most popular name, the 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 German Sara, the Hungarian Sára, the English and Irish Cera, the Arabic and Iranian Sahar, the German Sahra, the Spanish Saray, the Hungarian Sári, the English, Iranian, and Turkish Sera, the English Shari, the English Sheri, the English Sherri, the English Sherry, the Hebrew Shira, the Russian Shura, the German and Italian Sira, the Scandinavian Siri, the English and Irish Ceara, the English Cheri, the Irish and English Ciera, the English Cierra, the English Sarai, the Arabic Shakira, the Hebrew Shir, the English Sierra, the Finnish Siiri, the German Syria, the English Cher, the Irish Ciara, the Arabic and Iranian Soraya, the Arabic Suraya, and the Arabic Surayya. 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)" Details of famous persons named Sarah:
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