Given name
Sahra
“princess”·“of the desert”
In German use, Sahra is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew. Sahra is a variant of Sahara. One Arabic interpretation is “of the desert.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Sahra is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew. Sahra is a variant of Sahara. One Arabic interpretation is “of the desert.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Sahra is a variant of Sarah. Sarah comes from Hebrew biblical tradition and is the name given to Abraham’s wife in Genesis. Sahra is a variant of Sahara. An origin associated with Sahara is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German use, Sahra is a variant 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.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Sahra is a variant 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sahra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 874
- 0 boys · 874 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,437 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,437 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,752 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sahra’s family of names
In German usage, Sahra has a related form in Sarah. In German usage, Sahra has a conventional equivalent in the French form Sarah. In German usage, Sahra has a related form in Sarah.
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Around the world
Sahra has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sahra
- Sahra WagenknechtGerman politician (born 1969)
- Sahra HausmannNorwegian handball playerborn 1973
- Sahra Mohamed Ali SamatarSomali politician
- Sahra MirowGerman politicianborn 1984
- Sahra Halgansomali singerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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