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Meaning

The name Sara has the following meaning:

A variant of Sarah.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Sara is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 65 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Sara fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 14 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 106 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Sara in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Sara is pronounced as sah-ruh

Origins

Sara originates from the Hebrew language.
See other suggested Hebrew girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Sara and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Sara: Boys - Johny, Ruel, Girls - Joelle, Both genders - Sarah

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Sara:

Style

We think the name Sara should fall under the following style category: Hebrew.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Sara to be: A pretty and nice curly-haired girl

In one word, you might describe Sara as a(n) "short" person.

See other "short" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Sara (or its variants) are:

Sara Lynn Evans, born on 5 February, a famous singer. Sara Lynn Evans's background: An American country music singer-songwriter. Sara Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to All Music guide. Since emerging from the late-90s, Evans has become one of country music's most popular female vocalists, acquiring a few No. 1 country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by the RIAA, like 2004's Restless and 2005's Real Fine Place, which are her biggest selling albums to date.

Sara Paxton, born on 25 April, a famous singer. Sara Paxton's background: An Emmy Award-nominated American actress and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life. Paxton has also starred in the films Sleepover, Aquamarine and Return to Halloweentown, and the upcoming Superhero Movie, and is branching out into music, with a CD, Here We Go Again, due for release in 2008.

Sara Gilbert, born on 29 January, a famous actress. Sara Gilbert's background: An Emmy-nominated American actress best known for her longtime role as Darlene Conner-Healy from 1988-1997 in the U.S. sitcom Roseanne. In 1993, Sara Gilbert was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Roseanne as well as the Independent Spirit Award award for Best Supporting Female for her role in Poison Ivy. She was again nominated for an Emmy in 1994 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Roseanne.
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