Comments for ZARA (1):

Zara is a gorgeous name. (It is also the name of a clothing store, but that wouldn't put me off the name at all.)

-- Mommy2B  5/4/2005

I once had a friend who was named this. She insisted on being called 'Sarah', though.

-- echo_of_the_past  6/21/2005

It's a great alternative to the plain jane Sarah.

-- Anonymous User  7/6/2005

Queen Elizabeth's daughter Princess Ann named her daughter Zara.

-- Anonymous User  7/6/2005

My name is Zara and I once had a friend who told me that the name in India means flower and also means princess in Hebrew.

-- zulucrazy  9/3/2005

No Zara is not Indian. It is simply an Arabic name. It is however a beautiful name.

-- Koolgal  7/5/2008

My name is Zara, I think it's a great name because I don't know anyone else with this name. So if somebody calls me 10 people don't look up to see if they are being spoken to. Also it suits me, it's individual, it gives an impression of a mystic or clairvoyant. I read that it originates from Hebrew meaning 'as bright as the dawn', also read somewhere else it means 'flower' in Arabic. I met a Turkish guy once who asked me if I have Turkish family, because it's popular there. I like the fact that its very uncommon and want it to stay that way!

-- MRS JUROON  11/2/2005

Zara is a beautiful name! It's elegant, unique and has an element of mystery about it. I named my darling daughter Zara as she was born in the morning. I felt like she was my "radiant dawn" (and she still is!). Whenever I tell people her name, they all comment on how regal it sounds.

"Zara" the name has been around much longer than the actual high-chain store! So it does seem a bit funny that some people only recognize it in conjuction with the retail shop!

-- Anonymous User  1/26/2006

Zara is the name of the heroine of Gilbert and Sullivan's penultimate opera Utopia Limited.

-- Kosta  5/25/2006

I have seen this name with an *h* on the end, but only once and I have never seen it this way.

-- Anonymous User  8/10/2006

The Princess Royal's daughter is Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, named for her mother, both her grandmothers and her great-grandmother. The name 'Zara' was chosen by her uncle, the Prince of Wales; it's a Greek name meaning 'bright as the dawn'.

Zara is also the name of Greta Garbo's character in the 1932 movie, 'As You Desire Me'.

-- MariaNikolaievnaRoma  12/25/2006

"Zara" is also used in Bulgaria. [noted -ed]

-- iva_toneva  5/1/2007

This is also a girls name in Slovenia.

-- earthnut  7/3/2007

Because of the clothing store, unfortunately in my mind this feels like naming a child "Gap" or "Old Navy".

-- lady murasaki  10/2/2007

I like this name, pretty and unusual. I only like the ZAH-rah pronunciation of it though. Za-rah sounds too much like Sarah, which I hate.

-- jasmineenimsaj  2/12/2008

Zara is a beautiful name. It makes me think of a girl who is short in stature, but full of spice, and witty comebacks. A girl who has a short temper and is very athletic.
Zara seems to be really close to Zora which is really close to Zorro. So whenever I think Zara I also think black curly hair.

-- Akito  3/19/2008

Pronounced "zah-rah".

-- MaggieSimpson  6/2/2008

In Hebrew Zara means fruitful. It is a form of the name Zarah. Zarah was a twin of Perez born to Tamar and Judah.

-- SHIRINZMC  9/21/2008

ZARA means "fruitful" in Aramaic. It is a form of ZARAH born to TAMAR and JUDAH. Refer to: (Genesis 38:24-30). It also means "rising light".

-- SHIRINZMC  9/21/2008

Zara is also Czech and Slovak form of Zahrah.

-- MaggieSimpson  5/1/2009

Comments for ZARA (2):

In Bulgaria "Zara" could be an abbreviation of "Zaharina" (the stress - on the "i") or "Svetlozara" (the stress - on the first "a"). In Bulgarian the word "zahar" (the sress - on the first "a") means "sugar" as a noun, "svetl" is the root of the "light" [e.g. "svetlina" (the stress - on the "a") means "light" as a noun].

-- iva_toneva  5/1/2007

Zara Whites is a notable Dutch porn actress.

-- Anonymous User  7/31/2007

Zara Cully was an African American character actress. She played Olivia 'Mother' Jefferson on the television show The Jeffersons.

-- LMS  7/31/2007

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