THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Sarah
Sarah is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Sarah. Quoted root glosses describe elements in the etymology, not an automatic translation of the complete personal name.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈsaɾa/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈsaː.ɾɐ]Standard-Tagalog
Sa · rah2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Sarah, from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”).
a female given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).
A female given name from Hebrew.; A female given name from Arabic, ultimately from the same source.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Sarah
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Sarah Balabagan
Filipino prisoner of the United Arab Emirates
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Sarah Geronimo
Filipino singer and actress (born 1988)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
6
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Sarah Geronimo, Sarah Balabagan
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Sarah in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Sarah
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Sara♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Airah♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Saab♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Sabas·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Sadat·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Saleh·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Samad·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Sari♀Compare to Indonesian Sari
What rhymes with Sarah?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Sarah
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18201513 — Sarah (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Sarah Geronimo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18201513 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Sarah Balabagan (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18201513 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sarah (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Sarah (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.