Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. ZAHR-ə(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Used by William Congreve for a character in his tragedy The Mourning Bride (1697), where it belongs to a captive North African queen. Congreve may have based it on the Arabic name Zahra. In 1736 the English writer Aaron Hill used it to translate Zaïre for his popular adaptation of Voltaire's French play Zaïre (1732).

In England the name was popularized when Princess Anne gave it to her daughter in 1981. Use of the name may also be influenced by the trendy Spanish clothing retailer Zara.

Related Names

Same SpellingZara 2
User SubmissionsŽara, Zara

Popularity

People think this name is

modern   youthful   upper class   strong   refined   strange   serious  

Categories

Entry updated April 25, 2021