Zara

Where Zara comes from

A 20th-century variant of Sarah, or explained as Arabic زَهْرَة (zahra, “flower”); given to the daughter of Princess Anne in 1981.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zara
  • Latin
  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1918
    Zara Dolukhanova born
    Soviet Armenian mezzo-soprano singer
  3. 1981
    Zara Tindall born
    British Olympic equestrian; daughter of Anne, Princess Royal
  4. 2022
    Peak, #201
    1,441 babies named Zara — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
  • A female given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Zara Tindall · British Olympic equestrian; daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, born 1981
  • Zara Dolukhanova · Soviet Armenian mezzo-soprano singer, 1918–2007
  • Zara Rutherford · Belgian-British pilot, born 2002
  • Zara Yaqob · Emperor of Ethiopia, 1399–1468
  • Zara Whites · Dutch pornographic actress and political activist, born 1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.