Zara

Zara: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “blooming flower”
Origin: Arabic
Say it: ZAHR-uh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually treated as a form of Arabic Zahra. Zara is also used as a variant of Sarah in some traditions, but the Arabic floral origin is widely accepted for this spelling.

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How popular is Zara?

2024399 per million US babies

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Babies named Zara in 20241,327

2024 rank#234 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 188019,484

Zara is rising: use over the last five years is 2.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zara

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Sadieprincess · Hebrew
Sarahprincess · Hebrew
Saraprincess · Hebrew
Sallyprincess · English
Zadieprincess · Hebrew
Sallieprincess · English
Laylanight · Arabic
Lylanight · Arabic

Zara questions

What does the name Zara mean?

Zara means "blooming flower". It comes from Arabic. Usually treated as a form of Arabic Zahra. Zara is also used as a variant of Sarah in some traditions, but the Arabic floral origin is widely accepted for this spelling.

Is Zara a boy or girl name?

Zara is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zara?

1,327 US babies were named Zara in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Zara?

Zara is usually pronounced ZAHR-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.