Yara
[ˈjɑː.rə]Meaning
Persian یار (yār), "friend, helper"; also a variant of Iara
Background Story
Yara is used in Latin American Spanish, where it comes from the Persian yār, meaning "friend, helper". A second origin recorded for the name is as a variant of Iara, used in Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish. The name also occurs independently in Arabic, where it means "small butterfly". In the 1990s it began to become popular as a girl's name in Western countries.
Temperament
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