| The girl name Zaria [ syll. za-ria, zar-ia ] is pronounced ZAARiyah KEY. Zaria is of Hebrew origin and it is used largely in the English language. Zaria is a variant form of the English, French, and German Sarah. Zaria is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2000 with 0.029% of baby girls being given the name Zaria. Its ranking then was #479. In 2007, it ranked at #699 with a usage of 0.020%. Among the group of girl names directly linked to Zaria, the English, French, and German Sarah was the most regularly used. Its use outnumbered Zaria's by 24 times in 2007. Baby names that sound like Zaria include the Arabic Zahira, the Arabic Zahrah, the Italian and Spanish Zaira, the English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Zara, the German Zarah, and the Slavic Zora. KEY: approx pronunciation for Zaria: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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