Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
1251 famous people named Sara found on Wikipedia.
424671 female, 1237 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
173-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
26-th in year 1981
Used in: Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
A female given name, form of Sarah.
Sarah (alternatively spelled Sara) is a Hebrew feminine given name found in many different areas of the world. Sarah is a consistently popular given name across Europe and North America, as well as in the Middle East—being commonly used as a female first name by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, and remaining popular also among non-religious members of cultures influenced by these religions.
Frequently, the name refers to Sarah, the wife of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Old Testament, and the Islamic Quran. In Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian, it means woman of high rank, often simply translated as "Princess". In Modern Hebrew, "sarah" (שרה) is the word for "woman minister". It also means Pleasant in Arabic.
In the United States, Sarah has been counted among the top 150 given names since 1880, when name popularity statistics were first recorded in the United States. Sarah ranked among the top 10 names from 1978 to 2002, reaching a plateau of popularity from the early 1980s to 1988. Every year since and including 1989 it has fallen in popularity, but it remained the 30th most popular name for newborn girls in 2010. Its most common variant spelling, Sara, was number 121.
The name has been similarly popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In England, it gained popularity after the Protestant Reformation. In 2014, Sarah ranked as the tenth most popular female baby name in Ireland.
In Nazi Germany, female Jews who did not have "typically Jewish" given names were forced to add "Sarah" as of January 1939.
Fem. proper name, alternative spelling of Sarah.
Form of Sarah: lady, princess, noblewoman.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sara Gilbert | 1975 | American actress |
2 | Mia Sara | 1967 | American actress |
3 | Sara Ramirez | 1975 | Mexican/Irish-American singer/songwriter and actress |
4 | Sara Bareilles | 1979 | American pop rock pianist |
5 | Sara Jean Underwood | 1984 | American playmate |
6 | Sara Paxton | 1988 | American actress, model and singer |
7 | Sara Tancredi | Fictional character | |
8 | Sara Rue | 1979 | Actress |
9 | Sara Martins | 1977 | French actress |
10 | Sara Pascoe | 1981 | Writer, stand-up comedian and actress |
11 | Sara Sampaio | 1991 | Portuguese fashion model |
12 | Sara Haines | 1977 | American journalist |
13 | Sara Ali Khan | ||
14 | Sara Del Rey | 1980 | American professional wrestler |
15 | Sara Cox | 1974 | English broadcaster |
16 | Sara Evans | 1971 | American country singer and songwriter |
17 | Sara Loren | 1985 | Actress |
18 | Sara Canning | 1987 | Canadian actress |
19 | Sara Dylan | 1939 | Actress, model |
20 | Sara Blakely | 1971 | US businesswoman |
21 | Sara Duterte-Carpio | 1976 | Politician and lawyer |
22 | Sara McMann | 1980 | Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist |
23 | Sara Dallin | 1961 | Singer and songwriter |
24 | Sara Arjun | 2006 | Indian actress |
25 | Sara Malakul Lane | 1983 | Thai-American actress and model |
26 | Sara Foster | 1981 | American actress |
27 | Sara Jane Moore | 1930 | American failed assassin |
28 | Sara Walsh | 1978 | American soccer player |
29 | Sara Shepard | 1977 | Author |
30 | Sara Forsberg | 1994 | Finnish actress and Internet personality |
31 | Sara Errani | 1987 | Italian tennis player |
32 | Sara Carbonero | 1984 | Spanish journalist |
33 | Sara Netanyahu | 1958 | Spouse of the Prime Minister of Israel |
34 | Sara Sidle | Fictional human | |
35 | Sara Kulka | 1990 | German model |
36 | Sara Gómez | 1985 | |
37 | Sara Lance | ||
38 | Sara Tommasi | 1981 | Pornographic actress |
39 | Sara Northrup Hollister | 1924 | American occultist |
40 | Sara Sálamo | 1992 | |
41 | Sara Watkins | 1981 | American musician |
42 | Sara Allen | American songwriter and composer | |
43 | Sara Roosevelt | 1854 | Mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt |
44 | Sara Maldonado | 1980 | Mexican actress |
45 | Sara Forbes Bonetta | 1843 | West African princess |
46 | Sara Sugarman | 1962 | Welsh actress and film director |
47 | Sara Teasdale | 1884 | American writer and poet |
48 | Sara Wiseman | 1972 | New Zealand actress |
49 | Sara Wijayanto | 1979 | |
50 | Sara Jay | 1977 | American pornographic actress |
51 | Sara Zacharias | 1982 | Swedish singer |
52 | Sara Sothern | 1895 | American actress |
53 | Sara Zanier | 1983 | Italian actress |
54 | Sara Moulton | 1952 | Chef, cookbook writer, television personality |
55 | Sara Payne | 1969 | Campaigner |
56 | Sara Keays | 1947 | Mistress of British politician |
57 | Sara Escudero | 1981 | Spanish writer and television presenter |
58 | Sara Montiel | 1928 | Actress, singer |
59 | Sara Tanaka | 1978 | American actor American actor |
60 | Sara Stewart | 1966 | British actress |
61 | Sara Corrales | 1985 | Colombian actress |
62 | Sara Carter | 1898 | American musician |
63 | Sara Aldrete | 1964 | Mexican serial killer known as "La Madrina" |
64 | Sara Matos | 1989 | Portuguese model, actor and singer |
65 | Sara Raza Khan | 1995 | Pakistani singer |
66 | Sara Wilford | 1932 | Roosevelt family |
67 | Sara Niemietz | 1992 | American singer/songwriter and actress |
68 | Sara Di Vaira | 1979 | |
69 | Sara D'Amario | 1972 | Italian actress |
70 | Sara Paretsky | 1947 | Modern American author of detective fiction |
71 | Sara Lumholdt | 1984 | Swedish singer |
72 | Sara Chafak | 1990 | Miss Finland 2012 |
73 | Sara Chase | 1983 | |
74 | Sara Driver | 1955 | American actress and film director |
75 | Sara García | 1895 | Mexican actress |
76 | Sara Murray | 1968 | British businessman |
77 | Sara Sidner | 1972 | American journalist |
78 | Sara Crowe | 1966 | British actress |
79 | Sara La Fountain | 1981 | Chef, author, Designer |
80 | Sara Rivero | 1985 | Spanish actress |
81 | Sara Däbritz | 1995 | German professional footballer |
82 | Sara Ganim | 1987 | American journalist |
83 | Sara Jane Olson | 1947 | American bank robber |
84 | Sara Sieppi | 1991 | Finnish beauty pageant contestant |
85 | Sara Casasnovas | 1984 | Spanish actress |
86 | Sara Haag | 1971 | |
87 | Sara bint Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | 1973 | Saudi Arabian princess |
88 | Sara Underwood | American journalist | |
89 | Sara Allgood | 1879 | Irish actress |
90 | Sara Josephine Baker | 1873 | American physician, notable for contributions to public health |
91 | Sara Pezzini | 1970 | |
92 | Sara Levi | ||
93 | Sara Sigmundsdóttir | 1992 | |
94 | Sara De Paduwa | 1980 | Belgian journalist |
95 | Sara Botsford | 1951 | Canadian actress |
96 | Sara Schaefer | 1978 | American Stand-up comedian |
97 | Sara Chmiel | 1991 | |
98 | Sara Kroos | 1981 | Dutch cabaret artist |
99 | Sara Tomic | 1998 | Australian tennis player |
100 | Sara Kestelman | 1944 | Actress |
101 | Sara Ventura | 1975 | Italian television presenter |
102 | Sara Müldner | 1989 | Polish actress |
103 | Sara Gruen | 1969 | American writer |
104 | Sara Kruzan | 1978 | Human trafficking victim, convicted murderer |
105 | Sara Forestier | 1986 | French actress |
106 | Sara Seager | 1971 | Canadian astronomer |
107 | Sara bint Faisal Al Saud | Saudi royal | |
108 | Sara Fabel | 1986 | Finnish model |
109 | Sara Takanashi | 1996 | Japanese ski jumper |
110 | Sara Lee | American musician | |
111 | Sara Lee Lucas | 1970 | American musician |
112 | Sara Haider | Pakistani Female Singer | |
113 | Sara Kingdom | ||
114 | Sara Stockbridge | 1965 | American actress, screenwriter, author and model |
115 | Sara Seegar | 1914 | American record actor |
116 | Sara Butler | 1991 | |
117 | Sara Schätzl | 1987 | German columnist, author and actress |
118 | Sara Baras | 1971 | Spanish dancer |
119 | Sara Varone | 1972 | Italian model |
120 | Sara Taylor | 1974 | Aide to President George W. Bush |
121 | Sara Haden | 1899 | American actress |
122 | Sara Benincasa | 1980 | American comedian, writer and radio talk show host |
123 | Sara Nazarbayeva | 1941 | First Lady of Kazakhstan |
124 | Sara la Negra | ||
125 | Sara Groves | 1972 | American musician |
126 | Sara Hebe | ||
127 | Sara Berner | 1912 | American actress |
128 | Sara Blizzard | 1970 | Weather presenter |
129 | Sara Labidi | 1998 | |
130 | Sara Säkkinen | 1991 | Finnish actor |
131 | Sara Douglass | 1957 | Australian fantasy writer |
132 | Sara Pichelli | 1983 | Italian comic book artist |
133 | Sara Barradas | 1990 | |
134 | Sara Harvey | ||
135 | Sara Young | 1975 | Swedish comedian |
136 | Sara López | 1995 | Colombian archer |
137 | Sara Svensson | 1977 | |
138 | Sara Nuru | 1989 | German fashion model |
139 | Sara Erikson | American actor American actor | |
140 | Sara Melleri | 1986 | Finnish actor |
141 | Sara Cobo | 1993 | Mexican singer |
142 | Sara Mohammad | 1967 | |
143 | Sara Orlesky | 1980 | Canadian sportscaster |
144 | Sara Hall | 1983 | American long-distance runner |
145 | Sara Fletcher | American actress | |
146 | Sara Prata | 1984 | Portuguese actor and model |
147 | Sara Ali | ||
148 | Sara Tavares | 1978 | Portuguese singer |
149 | Sara Khan | ||
150 | Sara Bro | 1974 | Danish autobiographer |
151 | Sara Danius | 1962 | Swedish academic |
152 | Sara Coleridge | 1802 | British writer |
153 | Sara Maitland | 1950 | British writer |
154 | Sara Takatsuki | 1997 | Japanese actress, model and singer |
155 | Sara Luvv | 1994 | American pornographic actress |
156 | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 1996 | Spanish tennis player |
157 | Sara Kolak | 1995 | |
158 | Sara Stone | 1983 | Pornstar |
159 | Sara Ziff | 1983 | American model |
160 | Sara Diamond | 1995 | Canadian singer/songwriter from Montreal, Quebec |
161 | Sara Hickman | 1963 | American musician |
162 | Sara Mearns | American ballet dancer | |
163 | Sara Paavolainen | 1959 | Finnish politician and actor |
164 | Sara Corner | Indian beauty pageant contestant | |
165 | Sara Hess | American television producer and writer | |
166 | Sara Vivas | 1967 | Spanish voice actor |
167 | Sara Thornton | 1962 | British Chief Constatble |
168 | Sara Pérez de Madero | 1870 | First lady of Mexico |
169 | Sara King | 1982 | American writer |
170 | Sara Thornton case | 1950 | |
171 | Sara Bronfman | 1976 | American activist |
172 | Sara Jane Lippincott | 1823 | American writer |
173 | Sara K. | 2000 | American musician |
174 | Sara Bernat | 1976 | Spanish pornographic actress |
175 | Sara Suleri | 1953 | Pakistani writer |
176 | Sara Jovanović | 1993 | Serbian pop singer |
177 | Sara Shane | 1928 | American actress |
178 | Sara Pennypacker | 1951 | American children's writer (pseudonym) |
179 | Sara Gettelfinger | 1977 | American actress and singer |
180 | Sara Lezana | 1948 | |
181 | Sara Storer | 1974 | Australian singer |
182 | Sara Little Turnbull | 1917 | American industrial designer |
183 | Sara Broos | 1977 | Swedish cinematographer |
184 | Guillermo Sara | 1987 | Futbolista argentino |
185 | Sara Moreira | 1985 | Portuguese long-distance runner |
186 | Sara Campbell | British freediver | |
187 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch | 1980 | British broadcaster |
188 | Sara Gazarek | 1982 | American jazz musician and singer |
189 | Sara Petersen | 1987 | Danish hurdler |
190 | Sara Squadrani | 1986 | Italian singer |
191 | Sara Davis Buechner | 1959 | American musician |
192 | Sara Jane Ho | 1985 | |
193 | Sara Blædel | 1964 | Danish writer |
194 | Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir | 1990 | Footballer |
195 | Sara Downing | 1979 | American actress |
196 | Sara Dosho | 1994 | |
197 | Sara Smilansky | 1922 | Israeli psychologist |
198 | Sara Fazilat | 1987 | German actress |
199 | Sara Giraudeau | 1985 | French actress |
200 | Sara Norte | 1985 |