Sarah (given name)

Sara or Sarah ( rare Sahra ) is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The name refers generally to the biblical figure Sarai (Hebrew: שָׂרַי ) back (Gen 11,29 EU), Abraham's wife, the Elohim (God) in Sara (Hebrew: שָׂרָה ) was renamed (Gen 17,15 EU ). It is regarded as one of the matriarchs of Israel.

The name Sarah means princess or mistress, even princess. In the Ugaritic and Aramaic religion of the moon god as well as the morning star was worshiped by the name Sahra or Sarah. Since the Venus as the morning star and evening star represented a female deity, Venus also received the nickname Lady of Heaven.

Dissemination

In the era of National Socialism from 1938, all Jewish women and girls were forced to adopt additionally the name Sara; see name change regulation.

As a nickname, the name before the 1970s was not widespread, then took his popularity steadily. From the mid- 1980s to mid-2000s, so for an unusually long period of about 20 years, was the name of the ten most awarded female name in Germany. In the 1990s he twice topped the frequency statistics. Since the second half of the 2000s, its popularity has waned somewhat.

Name-day

Name Days are July 13, October 9 and March 5.

Variants

  • שרה, Sara ( h) (Hebrew )
  • Saro, Sahra ( Aramaic )
  • Sara (h ) ( German, English, French)
  • Sari ( Finnish)
  • Saarke, Saartje ( Frisian, Dutch)
  • Sarina ( nordossetisch / Caucasian region, Japanese)
  • Zarah ( German )
  • Sally ( English, French)
  • Saar ( Dutch)
  • Saara ( Finnish)
  • Sarah who diminutive Sári (ka ) ( Hungarian)
  • سارة, DMG SÁRA (Arabic )
  • سارا, DMG SÁRA (Persian )
  • Sare ( Kurdish)
  • Сара (Serbian )

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Sara ( Erzmutter ), the wife of Abraham
  • Sara ( wife of Tobias ), wife of Tobias
  • Sara Black (1st century ), ( legendary? ) Christian missionary
  • Sara the recluse (4th century ), Egyptian saint
  • Everything Sarah (* 1986), German actress
  • Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744)
  • Sarah Berg ( born 1980 ), German actress and presenter
  • Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French actress
  • Sarah Brightman ( born 1960 ), British singer and actress
  • Sara Carbonero ( born 1984 ), Spanish sports journalist and television reporter and presenter
  • Sarah Chalke (born 1976 ), Canadian actress
  • Sarah Connor ( born 1980 ), German pop singer
  • Sara Däbritz (* 1995), German football player
  • Sara Douglass (1957-2011), Australian author
  • Sara Dylan ( born 1939 ), first wife of Bob Dylan
  • Sarah Engels ( * 1992), German singer and in 2011 second in the eighth season of the TV talent show American Idol
  • Sarah Ferguson ( born 1959 ), former member of the British Royal Family
  • Sara Forestier ( born 1986 ), French actress
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar ( born 1977 ), American actress
  • Sarah Kane (1971-1999), British playwright
  • Sara Karloff ( born 1938 ), American businesswoman
  • Sarah Kirsch (1935-2013), German writer
  • Sara Klarić (* 1993), Croatian football player
  • Sarah Kortmann (* 1983), German actress and theater director
  • Sarah Kuttner (* 1979), German television presenter
  • Zarah Leander (1907-1981), Swedish actress and singer
  • Sarah Meier ( born 1984 ), Swiss figure skater
  • Sarah Nambawa (* 1985), Ugandan athlete
  • Sarah Palin ( b. 1964 ), American politician
  • Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965 ), American actress
  • Sarah Schnier (born 1967 ), German script writer
  • Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), American jazz singer
  • Sahra Wagenknecht (born 1969 ), German politician
  • Sarah Wiener (born 1962 ), Austrian cook and entrepreneur

Family name

  • Robert Sarah (* 1945), Guinean clergyman, Archbishop of Conakry, Archbishop Curia
  • Anak Sarah (* 1987), Crown Princess of Brunei

Artist Name

  • Sarah -Jane ( born 1985 ), Swiss folk musician

Fictional people

The following works of literature have a woman named Sara or Sarah as the title character:

  • Sara, a novel by Stephen King
  • Miss Sara Sampson, a tragedy by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
  • Sara, the little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Sarah Walker, CIA Agentinaus the television series Chuck

Songs titled Sara or Sarah

  • Sara Smile by Hall & Oates from 1975
  • Sara by Bob Dylan from 1975
  • Sara, by Fleetwood Mac from 1979
  • Sarah, from Thin Lizzy 's 1979
  • Sara by Starship from 1985
  • Sarah Sido from 2006
  • Sara, Chad VanGaalen from 2011
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