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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Sara

Princess; noblewoman

Sara means “Princess; noblewoman”.

Origin language
Hebrew / Malayalam
First letter
S
Historical records
11,358

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Sara mean?

Sara continues the Hebrew name Sarah, a princess or noblewoman. In biblical narrative Sarah is Abraham's wife and Isaac's mother.

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

सारा

Conventional spelling

Malayalam

സാറ

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Sara in Indian usage

11,358 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for girls (97.4%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 11,066 records (97.4%).
  • Recorded as male: 292 records (2.6%).

By birth decade

Sara: records by birth decade1930s: 4741930s1940s: 1,0621940s1950s: 1,7741950s1960s: 2,7231960s1970s: 2,7701970s1980s: 1,6021980s1990s: 8271990sOther decades: 126Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1930s474
1940s1,062
1950s1,774
1960s2,723
1970s2,770
1980s1,602
1990s827
Other decades126

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Kerala7,065
Delhi1,655
Odisha1,080
Andhra Pradesh697
Meghalaya206
Manipur147
Nagaland131
Goa108
Other states269
How to read these numbers

Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.

Recorded abroad

Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.

JurisdictionSpelling / recorded sexBirthsRank
England & WalesSara / F427110
ScotlandSara / F19204

ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.

Explore related lists

Girl namesHebrew originMalayalam originMalayalam scriptShort names

Sources

  1. Given-name entry (Wikidata): Sara ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Given-name spelling

  2. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  3. England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sara; Table_6, C115 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Exact spelling Sara; Table_6, C115

  4. Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sara; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Exact spelling Sara; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl