Sarah
[ˈsɛrə]Meaning
From the Hebrew name שָׂרָה (Sara) meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman".
Background Story
Sarah comes from the Hebrew name שָׂרָה (Sara), meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman". In the Old Testament it is the name of Abraham's wife, the matriarch of the Jewish people, who was originally called Sarai until God changed it at the same time as Abraham's name was changed. In England the name came into use after the Protestant Reformation, and it was consistently popular in the 20th century throughout the English-speaking world, reaching the top of the charts for England and Wales in the 1970s and 80s.
Variations
Sara, Sarai
Related Names
Sarai
Hebrew "my princess", a possessive form of sara, "lady, princess, noblewoman"
Sally
Diminutive of Sarah, often used independently
Sara
Form of Sarah, a Hebrew name; used in various languages
Shana
Variant of Shanna; also an alternate transcription of Yiddish שיינאַ (see Shayna)
Shaya
Recorded as a given name in modern english and arabic
Shela
Hebrew, 'petition' or 'request' — the name of a son of Judah in Genesis.
Sieba
Adina
From Hebrew ʿaḏin, "delicate"
Alisa
Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Finnish and Georgian form of Alice
Amira
Princess or leader in Arabic