Sara

SAH-rah

Sara is the classic biblical name meaning “princess” or “noble lady.”

Meaning

Sara is a form of Sarah, the biblical name commonly explained as meaning “princess” or “noble lady.” The excerpts also note the Italian form Sara and suggest that the name became especially popular in England after the Reformation.

Origin

Fun fact

One 19th-century source notes that Sara appears early in English records, but says Sarah did not become commonly used until after the Reformation.

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Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature.

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