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Zara - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Zara
 
 

 


The girl name Zara [ 2 syll. za-ra, zar-a ] is pronounced as ZAERah KEY. Zara is primarily used in the English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, and its language of origin is Hebrew. Zara is a variation of the English, French, and German name Sarah.

Zara is a somewhat popular baby name for girls. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.019% of baby girls were given the name Zara. It ranked at #711 then. In 2007, within the group of girl names directly linked to Zara, the English, French, and German Sarah was the most regularly used. It was used 24 times more than Zara in that year.

Baby names that sound like Zara include the German Zarah, the Arabic Zahrah, the Italian and Spanish Zaira, the Slavic Zora, the Arabic Zahira, and the English Zaria.

KEY: Pronunciation for Zara: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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