Given name
Sāra
“princess”
Sāra is a form of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sāra is a form of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
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Where it comes from
Sāra is a form of Sarah. Sarah comes from Hebrew biblical tradition and is the name given to Abraham’s wife in Genesis.
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How it developed
Sāra is a form of Sarah. The shared background comes through Sarah: In the biblical account, Sarai is renamed Sarah as part of a blessing. Later Irish and Scottish uses sometimes adopted Sarah in place of local Gaelic names, a separate practice from its Hebrew origin.
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The story
Sāra is a form of Sarah. The history of Sarah gives this family its wider story. Sarah is remembered in Genesis as Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother. Sarah’s later local adaptations included use for Sorcha in Ireland and Mor in Scotland, showing how an established biblical name could serve different naming traditions.
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Sāra’s family of names
Sāra is a form of Sarah. In Latvian usage, Sāra has a conventional equivalent in the German form Sarah. In Latvian usage, Sāra has a conventional equivalent in the German form Sara.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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