Given name & surname
Jara
“daughter born in spring”
Jara is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “daughter born in spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “daughter born in spring.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
In Slovenian usage, Jara is a feminine form of JARO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 860
- 0 boys · 860 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,121 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,121 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 878 as a first name in 2020; 8,626 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jara’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Jara is a diminutive of Jarmila. In Slovenian usage, Jara is a feminine form of JARO. Jara has a related form in Jarah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jara has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jara
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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