Given name & surname

Zarra

Zarra is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Zarra isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zarra through the years

Babies since 1880
123
0 boys · 123 girls
Most popular year
2020
14 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−32%
Easing
02.557.5102025Highest share 20200.0
Zarra in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2008–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 375 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.

Zarra’s family of names

Zarra has a related form in Zara. In Greek usage, Zarra as a surname is a transliteration of Ζάρρα.

Walk Zarra’s family in the name graph

ZarraΖάρραZaraSarra

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

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.

Similar names

If you love Zarra, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Zaharah

16Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Zamaya

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Zahlia

14Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Aathira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Layra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zarhiya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zadey

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Salora

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Zarra’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Zarra