Sara

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of the Hebrew name שָׂרָה (Sarah) = 'princess, lady' [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Saara ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Saaru ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Saarukka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Sadie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Sagga ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Sahra ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Saija ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Salka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Sara ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Sára ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Sárá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Sarah ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Saras ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Sari ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Sarina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Sarine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Sarita ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Sarka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Sarke ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Saron ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Zara ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Zarah ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also Sally, Sassa

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

16 May

Finland Finland

19 July

Norway Norway

16 May

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

19 July

Sweden Sweden

19 July

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Sara
Accusative: Söru
Dative: Söru
Genitive: Söru

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1464 [2]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Norrland [2]

Bible

Sara is the name of the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaak. Her name was originally Sarai until God changed it.

Namesakes

Sara Lidmann, Swedish author (* 1923)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 41392 62008 2 2
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 10969 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 4657 7800 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 12815 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Sara(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Sara(f)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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