Zara: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced ZAR-uh · 2 syllables

Zara means “flower”, from Latin.

A 20th-century variant of Sarah, or explained as Arabic (zahra, “flower”); given to the daughter of Princess Anne in 1981.

How popular is Zara?

Zara was the #212 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,432 babies. It’s rising: up 116% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Zara in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Zara are older than 24; most are between 18 and 55. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Zara have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Zara means “flower”. It comes from Latin.

Zara is pronounced ZAR-uh.

Zara was the #212 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,432 babies. It’s rising: up 116% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Zara are older than 24. Most are between 18 and 55.