Zara (name)

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Zara is a feminine given name and a surname.

It is a common Kurdish female name and a spelling variant of the Arabic female name Zahra. [1] which means beautiful, bright, shiny. [2]

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It is also the English form of the name Zaïre, the central character of Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre (The Tragedy of Zara)

Its popularity may be influenced by the naming of Princess Anne's daughter Zara Phillips in 1981, and the Spanish fashion store Zara. [3]

Another derivation, unrelated to the above, is the Bulgarian name Zara (Зара) which is a diminutive of Zaharina or Zaharinka. [4]

There is also an interpretation that Zara is a form of the name Sara (pronounced Zara in German). It is also possible that the name Zara comes from the Hebrew word saraja, which means princess, ruler, woman of high rank. [2]

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  2. 1 2 "Kratka imena koja nisu u top 50, a imaju posebno značenje". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
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