Given name & surname
Sára
“lady, princess”
Sára is a feminine given name from Hebrew, meaning “lady, princess.” It is used in Czech, Hungarian, Faroese, and Slovak.
Original Hebrewשָׂרָה
Meaning & origin
Sára’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Sára has an affectionate form in Sari. In Faroese usage, Sára has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sarah. In Hungarian usage, Sára has a conventional equivalent in the German form Sara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sára has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Sára comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- שָׂרָהHebrew
- SarahEnglish, German
- SaraGerman
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sára
- Sára SalkaháziHungarian Roman Catholic religious sister (1899–1944)
- Sára BejlekCzech tennis playerborn 2006
- Sára FojtHungarian canoeistborn 2003
- Sára BácskaiHungarian short track speed skaterborn 1999
- Sára KarigHungarian writer and poet (1914-1999)
- Sára KaňkovskáCzech cyclistborn 1998
- Sára NystedFaroese swimmerborn 2001
- Sára PónyaHungarian cross-country skierborn 1999
- Sára KovářováCzech handballerborn 1999
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