Sarah Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Girl Names Like Sarah

Sarah Name Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: sair-ah
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Sarah Name Meaning

A Biblical name and beacon of popularity, parents have been loving Sarah for generations. A Hebrew name meaning “princess”, it’s no surprise that parents bestow it upon their little princesses left and right.

Sarah’s long standing popularity shouldn’t be off-putting, as she’s gained the invaluable girl-next-door status. She’s a sweet and familiar face in the name pool, continuing to wow parents with her simple beauty. She doesn’t need extra syllables or va-va-voom to warm hearts. She has every bit of elegance needed in her five letters.

Religious folks love her Biblical ties, as Sarah was the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the holy book. As the mother of nations and a devout believer after bearing a son, Sarah is a great association for many.

Sarah is a name that stands the test of time, every bit as much of a classic as Katherine and Elizabeth. She’s just as delightful on a child as an adult, a name that can grow with your little one as she blossoms into a woman.

For those looking for an updated version of the name, check out her diminutive of Sadie. Also meaning “princess”, Sadie is a Sarah spinoff that’s picking up steam. There is also Sarai, a variant of the name featured in the Bible as well.

Sarah Name Popularity

How popular is the name Sarah? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	40	2,150	0.6106%
1911	42	2,185	0.5868%
1912	41	2,899	0.5749%
1913	43	3,161	0.5575%
1914	47	3,673	0.527%
1915	51	4,409	0.4853%
1916	51	4,797	0.4966%
1917	52	4,759	0.4757%
1918	52	4,963	0.4624%
1919	46	5,013	0.4787%
1920	50	5,025	0.4519%
1921	54	5,015	0.438%
1922	51	4,972	0.4463%
1923	54	4,957	0.4426%
1924	54	5,039	0.4339%
1925	58	4,676	0.4137%
1926	63	4,409	0.4009%
1927	61	4,540	0.4101%
1928	64	4,225	0.3949%
1929	68	3,809	0.3677%
1930	70	3,907	0.374%
1931	71	3,625	0.3673%
1932	67	3,576	0.362%
1933	59	3,603	0.3867%
1934	67	3,582	0.3705%
1935	61	3,597	0.3701%
1936	63	3,491	0.3624%
1937	65	3,571	0.3624%
1938	67	3,742	0.3655%
1939	68	3,651	0.3589%
1940	60	3,852	0.3624%
1941	60	3,965	0.3523%
1942	67	4,093	0.3241%
1943	71	3,972	0.3043%
1944	67	3,853	0.3109%
1945	77	3,566	0.2924%
1946	92	3,893	0.2638%
1947	93	4,209	0.2521%
1948	85	4,147	0.2598%
1949	84	4,290	0.2667%
1950	88	4,138	0.257%
1951	91	4,021	0.2372%
1952	93	4,039	0.2314%
1953	93	4,076	0.2303%
1954	103	4,034	0.2207%
1955	108	3,978	0.2163%
1956	116	3,862	0.2045%
1957	116	3,985	0.2071%
1958	117	3,906	0.2067%
1959	119	3,874	0.2039%
1960	116	4,200	0.2217%
1961	113	4,199	0.2224%
1962	98	4,542	0.2474%
1963	94	4,574	0.2548%
1964	92	4,579	0.2601%
1965	92	4,050	0.2477%
1966	85	4,035	0.2584%
1967	83	4,137	0.2726%
1968	78	4,484	0.2986%
1969	72	5,078	0.3296%
1970	65	5,617	0.353%
1971	58	5,849	0.3892%
1972	49	6,113	0.4488%
1973	35	7,216	0.5566%
1974	20	9,785	0.7528%
1975	17	11,171	0.8693%
1976	15	13,993	1.0857%
1977	11	18,094	1.3423%
1978	8	19,976	1.4858%
1979	6	21,018	1.4906%
1980	5	25,755	1.7615%
1981	4	28,173	1.9166%
1982	4	28,484	1.9061%
1983	5	27,231	1.8453%
1984	5	25,882	1.7399%
1985	5	24,880	1.6392%
1986	5	28,154	1.8652%
1987	5	27,890	1.8276%
1988	4	28,366	1.8202%
1989	5	27,792	1.7223%
1990	6	25,816	1.5576%
1991	6	25,223	1.5475%
1992	5	24,635	1.5434%
1993	3	24,251	1.5555%
1994	5	22,290	1.4524%
1995	5	21,376	1.4183%
1996	4	21,036	1.4049%
1997	4	20,702	1.3997%
1998	4	19,879	1.3282%
1999	4	19,102	1.2755%
2000	5	17,697	1.1585%
2001	6	15,896	1.055%
2002	8	14,758	0.9848%
2003	12	13,760	0.9045%
2004	12	12,735	0.8355%
2005	15	11,532	0.7542%
2006	15	11,148	0.712%
2007	18	9,989	0.6331%
2008	20	9,042	0.585%
2009	21	7,776	0.5203%
2010	27	6,318	0.4384%
2011	39	5,555	0.3899%
2012	43	5,183	0.3637%
2013	48	4,694	0.3297%
2014	50	4,696	0.3223%
2015	58	4,509	0.3099%
2016	57	4,396	0.3049%
2017	62	3,981	0.2852%
2018	67	3,722	0.2709%
2019	81	3,281	0.2424%
2020	85	2,979	0.234%
2021	106	2,384	0.195%
2022	96	2,758	0.2091%

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Names Like Sarah

If you like Sarah, you’ll love these other names like Sarah.

What names are diminutives of Sarah?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Sarah sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Sarah, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Sadee	Princess	Hebrew
Sadie	Princess	Hebrew
Sadye	Princess	Hebrew
Saidee	Princess	Hebrew
Sal	Princess	Hebrew
Sallee	Princess	Hebrew
Salley	Princess	Hebrew
Sallie	Princess	Hebrew
Sally	“The princess,” a diminutive form of Sarah.	Hebrew

What names are variants of Sarah?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Sarah.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Sadella	Princess	Hebrew
Sadelle	Princess	Hebrew
Sadellia	Princess	Hebrew
Saira	Princess	Hebrew
Sairah	Princess	Hebrew

Sara	Princess	Hebrew
Sarabeth	Princess	Hebrew
Sarahlee	Princess	Hebrew
Sarahlynn	Princess	Hebrew
Sarai	Princess	Hebrew
Saraia	Princess	Hebrew
Sarajane	Princess	Hebrew
Sarajean	Princess	Hebrew
Saralee	Princess	Hebrew
Saralyn	Princess	Hebrew
Saralynn	Princess	Hebrew
Saramae	Princess	Hebrew
Sareen	Princess	Latin
Sarely	Princess	Hebrew
Sarena	Princess	Latin

Sarette	Princess	Hebrew
Sari	Princess	Hebrew
Sarika	Princess	Hebrew
Sarina	Serene	Latin
Sarine	Princess	Hebrew
Sarita	Princess	Latin
Sarka	Princess	Hebrew
Sarolta	Princess	Hebrew
Sarotta	Princess	Hebrew
Sarotte	Princess	Hebrew
Saroya	Princess	Hebrew
Sarra	Princess	Hebrew
Sarrah	Princess	Hebrew
Sasa	Help, aid	Japanese
Sera	Princess	Hebrew

Serach	Princess	Hebrew
Serah	Princess	Hebrew
Serita	Princess	Hebrew
Shara	Princess; a fertile plain	Hebrew
Shari		English
Soraya	Princess	Persian
Sorcha	Bright, shining	Irish
Sydel	Princess; wide meadow	Hebrew
Sydelle	Princess; wide meadow	Hebrew
Zahra	White; flower	Arabic
Zara	Blooming flower	English
Zarah	Princess; radiance	Hebrew
Zaria	Princess; radiance	Slavic
Zarita	Princess	Hebrew

What names sound like Sarah?

If you like how Sarah sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Sarah.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Cyrah	Throne; sun	Persian

Lara	Protection	Latin
Sahra	Desert	Arabic
Seara	Bright, famous	Latin
Siara	Black	Irish
Tara	Hill; star	Indian (Sanskrit)
Zahrah	White; flower	Arabic
Zariah	Radiance	Arabic
Zorah	Dawn	Slavic

What names are similar to Sarah?

Find a name that’s like Sarah, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Anna	Gracious	Hebrew
Bethany	House of figs	Hebrew
Elizabeth	God is my oath	Hebrew
Grace	Gracious one	English
Hannah	Grace	Hebrew
Katherine	Pure	Greek
Lucy	Of the light	English

Mary	Of the sea	Latin
Molly	Of the sea	English
Ruth	Friend	Hebrew

Lists With Sarah

Find inspiration in these baby girl name lists featuring the name Sarah.

Siblings of Sarah

Mamas with kids named Sarah also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Lauren	Laurel	English
Elyse	God's promise; from the blessed isles; God's promise; God is my oath	Latin
Thomas	Twin	Greek
Nathan	He gave	Hebrew
Emanuel	God is with us	Hebrew
Sienna	Reddish brown	English

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20 Comments

Sarah Noland Jun 28 at 12:42 am

My mom had me when she was 41. After two miscarriages and a tubal pregnancy…her OBGYN said to her it would be a miracle if you got pregs.

Then she was pregos with me, and that’s what my parents picked. Back then for my mom, and at her age it would have been a high risk pregnancy. Thanks to be GOD

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jessica Jan 4 at 7:36 am

Sarah Jane was my great great grandmother’s name and my 3rd great grandmother on the other side. I love old names that carry meaning

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Chana Jul 17 at 10:21 pm

Sarah is a traditionally Jewish name. It means regal as well modest. When I met my baby I saw those qualities in her and also wanted to grow up with that legacy.

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N.I.D.S Jun 4 at 4:14 pm

Sarah says,
“My lucky rat tail!
Just where I left it!”

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Emilie Mar 25 at 11:47 am

Sarah is a very strong woman in the Old testament and after two miscarriages and a scary first trimester, I felt the name was perfectly suited.

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Riona Feb 13 at 5:32 am

I am Riona and my sisters name is Sarah she is a very kind , friendly , sweet ,lovely and funny sister she always make me laugh even though i am so sad but she is very annoying and i like her that way.

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Stephanie Sep 1 at 5:25 pm

I have three Daughters, first one is 5 years old, second one is 2 years old and third one is 5months old.When I pregnant my third one I don’t know how I’m gonna call her,on my due date I give birth at home,when the ambulance came I go to the hospital the nurse said what’s the baby name I said I don’t know yet,so when I call my husband I said how you gonna call the baby he said I don’t know I asked my first daughter she said ok wait Mom let me think after 5 minutes she said call her Sarah i’m so surprised now that’s her favorite sister.I’m so blessedwith 3 blessings Daughter.

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Heather?? Aug 10 at 4:45 am

Sarah is not a bad name….I have a friend called Sarah…
The good side is that she is friendly, kind, sweet, funny, dramatic and also cute….she always makes me laugh coz she always tries fitting in with me n the rest of her friends esp when it comes to dancing??…she also treats me like her daughter yet we are agements? she has a bestie called krystel?that she treats like her own
Then the bad side of Sarah…
She has quite a temper. She has a very bad laugh, she argues alot, and she also takes long to forgive?….once u annoy her she can take two weeks to get over it that’s the most annoying thing with her but all in all I give her? when it comes to being friendly….LOL Sarah btw if u have a friend called Sara u better value her coz she is a gift to ue

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- Alianna Nov 7 at 3:26 pm
  
  I LOVE the name Sarah. It means princess! Who doesn’t want their name to mean princess? I get what your saying. But I still LOVE the name.
  
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Zahwa Jun 2 at 10:36 am

GOOD name

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Kristin Mar 16 at 10:28 am

We chose her name after some prayer and hearing what name the Lord had for her.

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- Sarah stockwell Mar 22 at 1:23 pm
  
  that’s exactly how it was for my parents when I was born, my mum was in the hospital and my dad was at home they were both thinking about what to name me and they both heard Sarah, its an awesome name ( If I do say so myself ) i pray your Daughter grows up to be as blessed as I have been . 🙂
  
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Ileiry Mar 6 at 9:35 am

Sarah means princess in hebrew her middle name is Eliana which means my God has spoken because she brought confirmation from God to our lives.

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Helen Dec 16 at 9:21 am

I have always loved this name so once I found out I was having a little girl I knew right away her name would be Sarah and I added the h to it to give it a little bit of a twist

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- Helen Dec 16 at 9:27 am
  
  It’s also in the Bible
  
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Tiffany Aug 18 at 7:36 am

I pick out her name sarah ellen may bc sarah is my great grandmas name and its also my middle name so its been passed down the line plus ive always loved the name sarah and ellen was my grandma s middle name and my moms middle name too so and may is her dads moms middle name and i liked it and it goes so good together and i think its a really pretty name

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sukaina Apr 23 at 4:54 am

I believe our names affect our personalities. Therefore, I was looking for a name with a positive meaning. Sarah in Arabic means happiness, joy and delight

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Denise Apr 23 at 4:03 am

Well I had a friend in primary school whose name was Sarah and I liked it ever since. I find it very feminine.

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Lory Apr 14 at 5:55 am

Sarah is my grandmothers name which is why we ultimately chose this name. We also loved that it was a classic name and easy to understand/spell.

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Amanda Apr 13 at 3:47 pm

Classic name that is not on popular list

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