Given name
Serah
“princess”·“senate”
Serah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewשרח
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Serah means “princess” or “senate.”
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Where it comes from
Serah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb sharar (שרר), “to retain liquidity.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Serah appears in Genesis 46:17.
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Serah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 814
- 0 boys · 814 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,089 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,089 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 53.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,065 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.
Serah’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Sarahshares a root
- Israelshares a root
- Saraishares a root
- Sharonshares a root
- Seraiahshares a root
- Tyrannusshares a root
- Sherebiahshares a root
- Shararshares a root
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People named Serah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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