Sarah is a common feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It derives its popularity from the biblical matriarch Sarah, the wife of Abraham and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions. It is a consistently popular given name across Europe, North America, and the Middle East — being commonly used as a female first name by Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike, and remaining popular also among non-religious members of cultures influenced by these religions.
Actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was one well-known bearer of the name. | |
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Gender | Female |
Name day | June 26 |
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Language(s) | Hebrew |
Meaning | "noblewoman", "princess", |
Region of origin | Hebrew |
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Alternative spelling | Sara |
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Popularity | see popular names |
In Hebrew, Sarah (שָׂרָה) is the feminine form of the noun Sar (שַׂר), which commonly translates to "chief", "ruler" or "prince". It is also related to the verb שָׂרָה, which is also the basis of the name Israel. In Modern Hebrew, Sarah (שָׂרָה) is the feminine form of the word for "minister". In Italy, Sara is a common nickname for the name Serafina/Seraphina, which is in turn derived from the word seraph, a high-ranking angel in the hierarchy of angels.
In the United States, Sarah has been counted among the top 150 given names since 1880, when name popularity statistics were first recorded in the United States. Sarah was ranked among the top 10 names from 1978 to 2002, reaching a plateau of popularity from the early 1980s to 1988. Every year since and including 1989, it has fallen in popularity, but it remained the 30th most–popular name for newborn girls in 2010. Its most common variant spelling, Sara, was number 121.
The name has been similarly popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In England, it gained popularity after the Protestant Reformation. In 2014, Sarah ranked as the tenth most popular female baby name in Ireland.
In Nazi Germany, female Jews who did not have "typically Jewish" given names were forced to add "Sara" as of January 1939, whereas males were forced to add "Israel".
Sarah in other languages
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- Albanian: Sara
- Amharic: ሳራ (Sara)
- Arabic: سارة
- Aramaic: ܣܪܐ
- Armenian: Սառա
- Azerbaijani: Sara
- Bashkir: Сара (Sara)
- Belarusian: Сара (Sara)
- Balochi: saraa
- Bengali: সারাহ্, সারাহ (sarah); সারা (sara)
- Biblical Greek: Sarra
- Biblical Latin: Sara
- Bosnian: Sara
- *Bulgarian: Сара (Sara)
- Catalan: Sara
- Chinese Simplified: 莎拉 (pinyin: Shā lā)
- Chinese Traditional: 莎拉 (pinyin: Shā lā)
- Croatian: Sara
- Czech: Sára
- Danish: Sara
- Dutch: Sarah, Sara
- Estonian: Saara
- English: Sarah, Sara, Sally
- Faroese: Sára
- Finnish: Saara, Sari, Saija, Salli, Sara
- French: Sarah
- German: Sarah, Sara
- Greek: Σάρα (Sára)
- Gujarati: સારાહ (Sārāha)
- Haitian Creole: Sara
- Hawaiian: Kala
- Hebrew: שרה (Sārā)
- Hindi: सराह (Sarāha)
- Hungarian: Sára, Sári, Sárika, Sarolta, Sasa
- Icelandic: Sara
- Indonesian: Sarah, Sara
- Iranian: سارا
- Italian: Sara
- Irish: Sorcha, Saraid
- Japanese: サラ (Sara), 沙羅 (Sara)
- Kannada: ಸಾರಾ (Sārā)
- Khmer: សារ៉ា (Sara)
- Korean: 사라 (Sara)
- Lithuanian: Sara
- Macedonian: Сара (Sara)
- Maori: Hara
- Marathi: सारा (Sārā)
- Mongolian: Сара (Sara)
- Malay: Sarah
- Malayalam:: സാറ, Sara, Saramma
- Nepali:: सारा (Sārā)
- Norwegian:: Sara
- Persian: ساره ,سارا
- Polish: Sara
- Portuguese: Sara
- Romanian: Sara
- Russian: Сара (Sara), Sarka, Sarra
- Sanskrit: सार (Sara)
- Serbian: Сара/Sara
- Slovak: Sára
- Slovene: Sara
- Somali: Sahra
- Spanish: Sara, Sarita, Zara
- Swedish: Sara
- Tamil: சாரா (Cārā)
- Telugu: సారా (Sārā)
- Thai: ซาร่าห์ (Sā r̀ā h̄̒)
- Tigrigna: ሳራ (Sara)
- Turkish: Sara, Sare
- Uzbek: Sora
- Ukrainian: Сара (Sara)
- Urdu: سارہ
- Vietnamese: Sara
- Welsh: Sara
- Yiddish: שרה (Soro), Sirke
People
- Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei
- Sarah, Duchess of York (born 1959), British author, television personality, and former member of the British royal family
- Sarah Abo, Australian television presenter, journalist and reporter
- Sara Ahmed (born 1969), scholar and author
- Sarah Alexander (born 1971), English actress
- Sarah Aroeste (born 1976), Sephardic Jewish musician
- Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (born 1977), American journalist and activist
- Sarah Attar (born 1992), Saudi Arabian-American distance runner
- Sarah Austin (entrepreneur) (born 1986), American author and tech entrepreneur
- Sarah Baartman (1789–1815), Khoikhoi woman
- Sarah Babirye (born 2005), Ugandan professional football player
- Sarah Franklin Bache (1743–1808), daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read
- Sarah Baker (actress), American actress and comedian
- Sarah Gertrude Banks (1839–1926), American physician and suffragist
- Sarah Beeny (born 1972), English property developer and TV presenter
- Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923), French stage actress
- Sarah Uriarte Berry (born 1969), American actress and singer
- Sarah Blasko (born 1976), Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
- Sarah Bolger (born 1991), Irish actress
- Sarah Bonnici (born 1998), Maltese singer
- Sarah Borwell (born 1979), British tennis player
- Sarah A. Bowman (1813–1866), Irish American innkeeper, restaurateur, and madam
- Sarah Rees Brennan (born 1983), Irish children’s writer
- Sarah Emi Bridcutt (born 1989), Japanese voice actress
- Sarah Brightman (born 1960), British singer and actress
- Sarah Jane Brown (born 1963), British campaigner for global health and education
- Sarah Bryce (born 2000), Scottish cricketer
- Sarah Bush Lincoln (1788–1869), stepmother of Abraham Lincoln
- Sarah Buxton (born 1980), American musician
- Sarah G. Buxton (born 1965), American actress
- Sarah Byford, British economist
- Sarah Wayne Callies (born 1977), American actress
- Sarah Carter (born 1980), Canadian-American actress
- Sarah Chalke (born 1976), Canadian actress and model
- Sarah Champion (born 1969), British politician
- Sarah Chang (born 1980), Korean American classical violinist
- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660–1744), British duchess
- Sarah Churchill (actress) (1914–1982), British actress and dancer
- Sarah Clarke (born 1972), American actress
- Sarah Colonna (born 1974), American stand-up comedian, actress, and comedy writer
- Sarah Connolly (born 1963), English mezzo—soprano
- Sarah Connor (singer) (born 1980), German singer
- Sarah Palfrey Cooke (1912–1996), American tennis player
- Sarah Cooper (born 1977), Jamaican American comedian and author
- Sarah Coyte (born 1991), Australian cricketer
- Sarah Cracknell (born 1965), English singer-songwriter and lead singer of the electronic music band Saint Etienne
- Sarah Darling (born 1982), American musician
- Sarah Dash (1945–2021), American singer
- Sarah Davis (politician) (born 1976), American politician
- Sarah Desjardins (born 1994), Canadian actress
- Sarah Dessen (born 1970), American writer and novelist
- Sarah Dines (born 1965), British politician
- Sarah Dorsey (1829–1879), American novelist and historian
- Sarah Douglas (actress) (born 1952), English actress
- Sarah Drew (born 1980), American actress and director
- Sarah Dunant (born 1950), English writer, broadcaster and critic
- Sarah Edmondson, Canadian actress and podcaster
- Sarah Emma Edmonds (1841–1898), British North American-born woman
- Sarah Edwards (actress) (1881–1965), American actress
- Sarah Edwards (missionary) (1710–1758), American mystic
- Sarah Fyge Egerton (1668–1723), British writer
- Sarah Elfreth (born 1988), American politician in Maryland
- Sarah Elliott (cricketer) (born 1982), Australian women’s cricketer
- Sarah Ellis (author) (born 1952), Canadian children’s writer and librarian
- Sarah Elmaleh, American voice actor
- Sarah Engels (born 1992), German pop singer and TV personality
- Sarah Featherstone (born 1966), British architect
- Sarah Feinberg (born 1977), American civil servant
- Sarah Ferguson (journalist) (born 1965), Australian journalist, reporter and television presenter
- Sarah Fielding (1710–1768), British writer
- Sarah Dawn Finer (born 1981), Swedish singer, songwriter and actress
- Sarah Finnegan (born 1996), American artistic gymnast
- Sarah Fisher (born 1980), American race car driver
- Sarah Forbes Bonetta (1843–1880), West African princess
- Sarah Foot (born 1961), British historian and Anglican priest
- Sarah Frey (born 1976), American farmer and entrepreneur
- Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805–1848), English poet and hymnwriter
- Sarah Fuller (athlete) (born 1999), American soccer and football player
- Sarah E. Gabbett (1833-1911), American medal designer and first Custodian of the Southern Cross of Honor
- Sarah Gadon (born 1987), Canadian actress
- Sarah Gailey (born 1990), American author
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), American actress
- Sarah Geronimo (born 1988), Filipino singer and actress
- Sarah Gilbert (born 1962), English vaccinologist
- Sarah Godlewski (born 1981), American businesswoman and politician
- Sarah Goldberg (born 1985), Canadian actress
- Sarah Good (1655–1692), woman executed in the Salem Witch Trials
- Sarah E. Goode (1855–1905), American entrepreneur and inventor
- Sarah Goodridge (1788–1853), American artist
- Sarah Gorden (born 1992), American soccer player
- Sarah Urist Green (born 1979), American art museum curator, author, and creator
- Sarah Greene (born 1957), English TV presenter
- Sarah Greene (actress) (born 1984), Irish actress and singer
- Sarah Moore Grimké (1792–1873), American abolitionist
- Sarah Grochala (born 1973), British playwright
- Sarah Harrington, British artist
- Sarah Israelit Groll (1925–2007), Israeli Egyptologist and linguist
- Sarah Ogan Gunning (1910–1983), American songwriter and folk singer
- Sarah Hadland (born 1971), English actress
- Sarah Haffner (1940–2018), German—British author, painter and active feminist
- Sarah Haider (born 1991), American writer, public speaker, and political activist
- Sarah Josepha Hale (1788–1879), American writer, activist and editor
- Sarah C. Hall (1832-1926), American physician, suffragist
- Sarah Toscano, (born 2004), Italian singer-songwriter
- Sarah Tyson Hallowell (1846–1924), American art curator
- Sarah Harding (1981–2021), English singer, model and actress
- Sarah Harmer (born 1970), Canadian singer, songwriter and environmental activist
- Sarah Hart (disambiguation), several people
- Sarah Hay (born 1987), American actress and ballerina
- Sarah Heap (1870–1960), New Zealand physical education teacher and drill mistress
- Sarah Hegazi (1989–2020), Egyptian socialist, writer and lesbian activist
- Sarah Henderson (born 1964), Australian politician, lawyer and former journalist
- Sarah Hirini (born 1992), New Zealand rugby Union player
- Sarah Hirshland (born 1975), chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee
- Sarah A. Hoyt (born 1962), Portuguese-born American science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and historical fiction writer
- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy (born 1946), American anthropologist and primatologist
- Sarah Hudson (singer) (born 1984), American singer and musician
- Sarah A. Hughes (1847-1816), African Methodist Episcopal preacher
- Sarah T. Hughes (1896–1985), American lawyer and federal judge
- Sarah Hughes (born 1985), American politician and former competitive figure skater
- Sarah Hyland (born 1990), American actress
- Sarah Ichioka, American urban planner and art curator
- Sarah Idan (born 1990), Iraqi-American model, television host, musician, beauty pageant titleholder, and politician
- Sarah Iliev (born 2006), French female tennis player
- Sarah Illingworth (born 1963), English-born New Zealand former cricketer
- Sarah Imovbioh (born 1992), Nigerian basketball player
- Sarah Inghelbrecht (born 1992), Belgian road and track cyclist
- Sarah Ioannides (born 1972), British conductor, collaborator and multimedia
- Sarah Irving, Canadian businesswoman
- Sarah Isgur (born 1982), American lawyer and political operative
- Sarah Iversen (born 1990), Danish handball player
- Sarah Noble Ives (1864–1944), American painter, illustrator and writer
- Sarah Yorke Jackson (1805–1887), First Lady of the United States
- Sarah Jaffe (born 1986), American musician from Denton, Texas
- Sarah Jarosz (born 1991), American musician
- Sarah Jeffery (born 1996), Canadian actress
- Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909), American novelist, short story writer and poet
- Sarah Anne Johnson (born 1976), Canadian artist
- Sarah Iles Johnston (born 1957), American classical scholar
- Sarah Jones (screen actress), American actress
- Sarah Jurgens, Canadian actress, producer, casting director, model, photographer and multimedia artist
- Sarah Kamya, creator of Little Free Diverse Library project
- Sarah Kane (1971–1999), English playwright, screenwriter and theatre director
- Sarah Kaufman (born 1985), Canadian mixed martial artist
- Sarah Kendall (born 1976), Australian comedian
- Sarah Kendzior (born 1978), American author, anthropologist, researcher, and scholar
- Sarah Kennedy (born 1950), British DJ
- Sarah Keyworth (born 1993), English stand-up comedian
- Sarah Khan (born 1992), Pakistani actress
- Sarah Kinsley (born 2000), American singer-songwriter
- Sarah Knauss (1880–1999), American supercentenarian
- Sarah Kemble Knight (1666–1727), American teacher and businesswoman
- Sarah Koenig (born 1969), American journalist and podcast host
- Sarah Kofman (1934–1994), French philosopher
- Sarah Lacina (born 1984), American reality show contestant
- Sarah Lahbati (born 1993), Swiss-born Filipino actress and reality star
- Sarah Lancashire (born 1964), English actress
- Sarah Lancaster, American actress
- Sarah Lane (born 1984), American ballet dancer
- Sarah Lawrence (educator) (1780–1859), English educator, writer and literary editor
- Sarah Levy (actress) (born 1986), Canadian actress
- Sarah Levy (rugby union) (born 1995), American Olympic rugby union and rugby sevens player
- Sarah Lind (born 1982), Canadian actress
- Sarah Logan (born 1993), American professional wrestler
- Sarah Longwell, American political strategist and publisher
- Sarah Lucas (born 1962), English photographer and sculptor
- Sarah J. Maas (born 1986), American writer
- Sarah Ladipo Manyika, British-Nigerian writer
- Sarah Mardini (born 1995), Syrian former competition swimmer, lifeguard and human rights activist
- Sarah Y. Mason (1896–1980), American screenwriter and script supervisor
- Sarah McBride (born 1990), American transgender rights activist and politician
- Sarah McGuinness, Irish singer, composer, producer, director, and screenwriter
- Sarah Galt Elwood McKee (1842–1934), Canadian social reformer and temperance leader
- Sarah McLachlan (born 1968), Canadian musician, singer and songwriter
- Sarah McLeod (musician) (born 1973), Australian singer-songwriter
- Sarah Meier (born 1984), Swiss figure skater
- Sarah Newcomb Merrick (1844–1922), Canadian-born American educator, writer, businesswoman and physician
- Sarah Miles (born 1941), British actress
- Sarah Millican (born 1975), English comedian, writer and presenter
- Sarah Mirr (born 2000), American soccer player
- Sarah Monette (born 1974), American novelist and short story writer
- Sarah Mortensen (born 1997), Danish basketballer
- Sarah Mullally (born 1962), British Anglican bishop, Lord Spiritual and former nurse
- Sarah Murdoch (born 1972), British-Australian model, actress, and television presenter
- Sarah Myhre, American climate scientist
- Sarah Natochenny, American voice actress and film director
- Sarah Nemtsov (born 1980), German composer
- Sarah Neufeld (born 1979), Canadian musician
- Sarah Newton (born 1961), British politician
- Sarah Niles, British film, TV and theatre actress
- Sarah Nixey (born 1973), British singer-songwriter
- Sarah Noriega (born 1976), American volleyball player, collegiate champion and Olympic athlete
- Sarah Nurse (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
- Sarah Nuttall, South African academic and cultural critic
- Sarah Ockwell-Smith, English writer
- Sarah O’Connor, American molecular biologist
- Sarah Onyango Obama (1922–2021), Kenyan educator and philanthropist
- Sarah Olney (born 1977), British politician
- Sarah Oppenheimer (born 1972), American artist
- Sarah Ortmeyer, German artist
- Sarah Osborne, colonist in the Massachusetts Bay colony and one of the first women to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials of 1692
- Sarah Otto (born 1967), Canadian scientist
- Sarah Ourahmoune (born 1982), French former female boxer
- Sarah Outen (born 1985), British athlete and adventurer
- Sarah Owen (born 1983), British politician and trade unionist
- Sarah Palin (born 1964), American politician, commentator, author and TV personality
- Sarah Parish (born 1968), English actress
- Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), American actress and TV producer
- Sarah Paulson (born 1974), American actress
- Sarah Jo Pender (born 1979), American murderer
- Sarah Pett, British medical researcher
- Sarah Phelps, British television screenwriter, radio writer, playwright and television producer
- Sarah Pinborough, English author and screenwriter
- Sarah Pinsker, American science fiction and fantasy author
- Sarah Polley (born 1979), Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and retired actress
- Sarah Pudifin-Jones, South African lawyer
- Sarah Quigley, New Zealand author
- Sarah Quintrell, English writer, producer and actress
- Sarah Quraishi, Pakistani aerospace engineer
- Sarah Rafferty (born 1972), American film and TV actress
- Sarah Ramos (born 1991), American actress
- Sarah N. Randolph (1839–1892), American educator, school principal, historian, and an author
- Sarah Rector (1902–1967), African American member of the Muskogee (Creek) Nation
- Sarah Reeves (born 1989), American musician and singer
- Sarah E. Reisman, American chemist
- Sarah Mower Requa (1829–1922), American philanthropist and California pioneer
- Sarah Rice (1955–2024), U.S. stage actress
- Sarah Rice (banker) (died 1842), English businesswoman
- Sarah Richardson (born 1971), Canadian interior designer and television personality
- Sarah Roberts (actress) (born 1984), Australian TV and film actress
- Sarah Robles (born 1988), American weightlifter
- Sarah Roemer (born 1984), American actress
- Sarah Rogers Haight (1808–1881), American traveler and writer
- Sarah Romert (born 1994), German footballer
- Sarah Rowe (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
- Sarah Ruden (born 1962), American writer
- Sarah Ruhl (born 1974), American playwright, poet, professor, and essayist
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982), American politician and political press secretary
- Sarah Schulman (born 1958), American novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, gay activist, and AIDS historian
- Sarah Shahi (born 1980), American actress
- Sarah Sherman (born 1993), American comedian, actress and screenwriter
- Sarah Siddons (1755–1831), Welsh actress
- Sarah Silverman (born 1970), American comedian, actress and writer
- Sarah Sjöström (born 1993), Swedish swimmer
- Sarah Slean (born 1977), Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and musician
- Sarah K. Smith, artist and educator
- Sarah Kirkland Snider (born 1973), American composer
- Sarah Snook (born 1987), Australian actress
- Sarah Solemani (born 1982), English actress, writer and activist
- Sarah Springman (born 1956), British-Swiss triathlete, civil engineer, and academic
- Sarah Stiles (born 1979), American singer-actor
- Sarah Stock (born 1979), American professional wrestler
- Sarah Sutherland (born 1988), Canadian-American actress
- Sarah Taylor (cricketer) (born 1989), English women cricketer
- Sarah Teather (born 1974), British politician
- Sarah Thomas (American football official) (born 1973), American football official
- Sarah Thomas (marathon swimmer), American marathon swimmer
- Sarah Thompson (actress) (born 1979), American actress
- Sarah Thomson (publisher) (born 1968), Canadian politician
- Sarah Thornton (born 1965), Canadian writer, ethnographer and sociologist
- Sarah Tishkoff (born 1965), American geneticist
- Sarah Treem, American playwright, writer and producer
- Sarah Trigger (born 1968), British actress
- Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810), British author and editor
- Sarah True (born 1981), American triathlete
- Sarah E. Turner (born 1966), American professor of economics and education and Souder Family Endowed Chair at the University of Virginia
- Sarah Ulmer (born 1976), New Zealand former cyclist
- Sarah Unsicker (born 1976), American politician
- Sarah Updike Goddard, American printer and newspaper publisher
- Sarah Utterback (born 1982), American actress
- Sarah Uwera (born 1996), Rwandan cricketer and a former captain of the Rwanda women's cricket team
- Sarah Vaillancourt (born 1985), Canadian women’s ice hockey player
- Sarah Van Den Boom, French animation film director and co-founder of the Papy3D Productions
- Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990), American jazz and classical singer
- Sarah Vaughan (writer), British writer and journalist
- Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey (1785–1867), English noblewoman and banker
- Sarah Vinci (born 1991), Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player
- Sarah Vine (born 1967), British columnist
- Sarah Vogel, American farm advocate, author, former politician, and lawyer
- Sarah Voss (born 1999), German artistic gymnast
- Sarah Vowell (born 1969), American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress
- Sarah Walsh (born 1983), Australian soccer player
- Sarah Washington, British singer
- Sarah Waters (born 1966), Welsh novelist
- Sarah Weddington (1945–2021), American attorney, law professor, advocate for women's rights and reproductive health, and member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Sarah Leah Whitson, American lawyer and the executive director
- Sarah Wiedenheft, Dutch-American voice actress
- Sarah Wildes (1627–1692), wrongly convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials
- Sarah Anne Williams, American voice actress
- Sarah D. Winans (1841–1915), American organizational leader
- Sarah Winchester (1839–1922), American heiress and occultist
- Sarah Winnemucca, Northern Paiute writer, activist and educator
- Sarah Wollaston (born 1962), British politician
- Sarah Woodward (born 1963), British actress
- Sarah Wright (born 1983), American actress
- Sarah X Dylan (born 1980), American Internet radio host, Internet television host, former radio producer and talk show co-host
- Sarah Yates (born 1987), British artist
- Sarah York (born 1978), American pen pal of Manuel Noriega
- Sarah Young (author) (1946–2023), American Christian author
- Sarah Young (DJ) (born 1989), British DJ and record producer
- Sarah Young (immunologist), New Zealand immunologist
- Sarah Yuster (born 1957), American painter
- Sarah Zadrazil (born 1993), Austrian association football player
- Sarah Zapata (born 1988), Peruvian-American textile artist
- Sarah Zar, American visual artist, songwriter, performance artist, curator, and a musical saw player
- Sarah Zechman, professor of business
- Sarah Zeid (born 1972), Jordanian princess
- Sarah Zerbes (born 1978), German algebraic number theorist
- Sarah Zettel (born 1966), American author
- Sarah Zucker, American visual artist and writer
Fictional characters
- Sarah Baker, the fifth child in "The Bakers" family in the Cheaper by the Dozen film
- Sarah Connor, a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Terminator franchise
- Sarah Huttinger, main character in Rumor has it..., played by Jennifer Aniston
- Sarah Jones, a fictional character from the Welsh animated series Fireman Sam
- Sarah Kerrigan, a character in Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft franchise
- Sarah Phillips, a fictional character and one of three main protagonists of the 2002 DIC Entertainment television cartoon Liberty's Kids
- Sarah Platt, a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street
- Sarah Jane Smith, a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the BBC Television science fiction series Doctor Who and two of its spin-offs
- Sarah the Sunday Fairy, a fictional character in the British book series Rainbow Magic
- Sarah Walker (Chuck), the alias of one of the main characters of the television show Chuck on NBC
- Sarah Williams (Labyrinth), a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth
- Sarah, a fictional character from the Cartoon Network animated TV series Ed, Edd n Eddy
Other forms
- Other variants of the name are: Sara (alternatively pronounced /ˈsɑːrə/)
- Pet forms of the name are: Sally, Sadie
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Sara
- All pages with titles beginning with Sarah
- Sarah (disambiguation)
References
- "Behind the Name: Sarah". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- Sarah – Meaning and origin of the name Sarah
- "The amazing name Sarah: Meaning and etymology".
- "Sarah Name Meaning (Origin, Popularity & Nicknames)". 30 September 2022.
- "Sarah | Etymology of the name sarah by etymonline".
- "The amazing name Sarah: Meaning and etymology".
- Popular Baby Names Archived 2018-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Social Security Administration, United States. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- "PASSPORTS ISSUED 2014 - 3 Years of Age or Under" (PDF). Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- "Law on Alteration of Family and Personal Names — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum".
- Schreiber, Mordecai; Schiff, Alvin I.; Klenicki, Leon (2003), The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia, Schreiber, ISBN 9781887563772
Sarah is a common feminine given name of Hebrew origin It derives its popularity from the biblical matriarch Sarah the wife of Abraham and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions It is a consistently popular given name across Europe North America and the Middle East being commonly used as a female first name by Jews Muslims and Christians alike and remaining popular also among non religious members of cultures influenced by these religions SarahActress Sarah Bernhardt 1844 1923 was one well known bearer of the name Pronunciation ˈ s ɛer e French sa ʁa German zaːʁa Spanish ˈsaɾa Portuguese ˈsaɾɐ Italian ˈsaːra Arabic ˈsaːra GenderFemaleName dayJune 26OriginLanguage s HebrewMeaning noblewoman princess Region of originHebrewOther namesAlternative spellingSaraNickname s Sadie Sally SariRelated namesSara Sarai Sadie Sasa Seira Sairah Sally Serah Serafina SeraphinaPopularitysee popular names In Hebrew Sarah ש ר ה is the feminine form of the noun Sar ש ר which commonly translates to chief ruler or prince It is also related to the verb ש ר ה which is also the basis of the name Israel In Modern Hebrew Sarah ש ר ה is the feminine form of the word for minister In Italy Sara is a common nickname for the name Serafina Seraphina which is in turn derived from the word seraph a high ranking angel in the hierarchy of angels In the United States Sarah has been counted among the top 150 given names since 1880 when name popularity statistics were first recorded in the United States Sarah was ranked among the top 10 names from 1978 to 2002 reaching a plateau of popularity from the early 1980s to 1988 Every year since and including 1989 it has fallen in popularity but it remained the 30th most popular name for newborn girls in 2010 Its most common variant spelling Sara was number 121 The name has been similarly popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom In England it gained popularity after the Protestant Reformation In 2014 Sarah ranked as the tenth most popular female baby name in Ireland In Nazi Germany female Jews who did not have typically Jewish given names were forced to add Sara as of January 1939 whereas males were forced to add Israel Sarah in other languagesThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Albanian Sara Amharic ሳራ Sara Arabic سارة Aramaic ܣܪܐ Armenian Սառա Azerbaijani Sara Bashkir Sara Sara Belarusian Sara Sara Balochi saraa Bengali স র হ স র হ sarah স র sara Biblical Greek Sarra Biblical Latin Sara Bosnian Sara Bulgarian Sara Sara Catalan Sara Chinese Simplified 莎拉 pinyin Sha la Chinese Traditional 莎拉 pinyin Sha la Croatian Sara Czech Sara Danish Sara Dutch Sarah Sara Estonian Saara English Sarah Sara Sally Faroese Sara Finnish Saara Sari Saija Salli Sara French Sarah German Sarah Sara Greek Sara Sara Gujarati સ ર હ Saraha Haitian Creole Sara Hawaiian Kala Hebrew שרה Sara Hindi सर ह Saraha Hungarian Sara Sari Sarika Sarolta Sasa Icelandic Sara Indonesian Sarah Sara Iranian سارا Italian Sara Irish Sorcha Saraid Japanese サラ Sara 沙羅 Sara Kannada ಸ ರ Sara Khmer ស រ Sara Korean 사라 Sara Lithuanian Sara Macedonian Sara Sara Maori Hara Marathi स र Sara Mongolian Sara Sara Malay Sarah Malayalam സ റ Sara Saramma Nepali स र Sara Norwegian Sara Persian ساره سارا Polish Sara Portuguese Sara Romanian Sara Russian Sara Sara Sarka Sarra Sanskrit स र Sara Serbian Sara Sara Slovak Sara Slovene Sara Somali Sahra Spanish Sara Sarita Zara Swedish Sara Tamil ச ர Cara Telugu స ర Sara Thai sarah Sa r a h Tigrigna ሳራ Sara Turkish Sara Sare Uzbek Sora Ukrainian Sara Sara Urdu سارہ Vietnamese Sara Welsh Sara Yiddish שרה Soro SirkePeopleSarah Crown Princess of Brunei Sarah Duchess of York born 1959 British author television personality and former member of the British royal family Sarah Abo Australian television presenter journalist and reporter Sara Ahmed born 1969 scholar and author Sarah Alexander born 1971 English actress Sarah Aroeste born 1976 Sephardic Jewish musician Sarah Ashton Cirillo born 1977 American journalist and activist Sarah Attar born 1992 Saudi Arabian American distance runner Sarah Austin entrepreneur born 1986 American author and tech entrepreneur Sarah Baartman 1789 1815 Khoikhoi woman Sarah Babirye born 2005 Ugandan professional football player Sarah Franklin Bache 1743 1808 daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read Sarah Baker actress American actress and comedian Sarah Gertrude Banks 1839 1926 American physician and suffragist Sarah Beeny born 1972 English property developer and TV presenter Sarah Bernhardt 1844 1923 French stage actress Sarah Uriarte Berry born 1969 American actress and singer Sarah Blasko born 1976 Australian singer songwriter musician and record producer Sarah Bolger born 1991 Irish actress Sarah Bonnici born 1998 Maltese singer Sarah Borwell born 1979 British tennis player Sarah A Bowman 1813 1866 Irish American innkeeper restaurateur and madam Sarah Rees Brennan born 1983 Irish children s writer Sarah Emi Bridcutt born 1989 Japanese voice actress Sarah Brightman born 1960 British singer and actress Sarah Jane Brown born 1963 British campaigner for global health and education Sarah Bryce born 2000 Scottish cricketer Sarah Bush Lincoln 1788 1869 stepmother of Abraham Lincoln Sarah Buxton born 1980 American musician Sarah G Buxton born 1965 American actress Sarah Byford British economist Sarah Wayne Callies born 1977 American actress Sarah Carter born 1980 Canadian American actress Sarah Chalke born 1976 Canadian actress and model Sarah Champion born 1969 British politician Sarah Chang born 1980 Korean American classical violinist Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough 1660 1744 British duchess Sarah Churchill actress 1914 1982 British actress and dancer Sarah Clarke born 1972 American actress Sarah Colonna born 1974 American stand up comedian actress and comedy writer Sarah Connolly born 1963 English mezzo soprano Sarah Connor singer born 1980 German singer Sarah Palfrey Cooke 1912 1996 American tennis player Sarah Cooper born 1977 Jamaican American comedian and author Sarah Coyte born 1991 Australian cricketer Sarah Cracknell born 1965 English singer songwriter and lead singer of the electronic music band Saint Etienne Sarah Darling born 1982 American musician Sarah Dash 1945 2021 American singer Sarah Davis politician born 1976 American politician Sarah Desjardins born 1994 Canadian actress Sarah Dessen born 1970 American writer and novelist Sarah Dines born 1965 British politician Sarah Dorsey 1829 1879 American novelist and historian Sarah Douglas actress born 1952 English actress Sarah Drew born 1980 American actress and director Sarah Dunant born 1950 English writer broadcaster and critic Sarah Edmondson Canadian actress and podcaster Sarah Emma Edmonds 1841 1898 British North American born woman Sarah Edwards actress 1881 1965 American actress Sarah Edwards missionary 1710 1758 American mystic Sarah Fyge Egerton 1668 1723 British writer Sarah Elfreth born 1988 American politician in Maryland Sarah Elliott cricketer born 1982 Australian women s cricketer Sarah Ellis author born 1952 Canadian children s writer and librarian Sarah Elmaleh American voice actor Sarah Engels born 1992 German pop singer and TV personality Sarah Featherstone born 1966 British architect Sarah Feinberg born 1977 American civil servant Sarah Ferguson journalist born 1965 Australian journalist reporter and television presenter Sarah Fielding 1710 1768 British writer Sarah Dawn Finer born 1981 Swedish singer songwriter and actress Sarah Finnegan born 1996 American artistic gymnast Sarah Fisher born 1980 American race car driver Sarah Forbes Bonetta 1843 1880 West African princess Sarah Foot born 1961 British historian and Anglican priest Sarah Frey born 1976 American farmer and entrepreneur Sarah Fuller Flower Adams 1805 1848 English poet and hymnwriter Sarah Fuller athlete born 1999 American soccer and football player Sarah E Gabbett 1833 1911 American medal designer and first Custodian of the Southern Cross of Honor Sarah Gadon born 1987 Canadian actress Sarah Gailey born 1990 American author Sarah Michelle Gellar born 1977 American actress Sarah Geronimo born 1988 Filipino singer and actress Sarah Gilbert born 1962 English vaccinologist Sarah Godlewski born 1981 American businesswoman and politician Sarah Goldberg born 1985 Canadian actress Sarah Good 1655 1692 woman executed in the Salem Witch Trials Sarah E Goode 1855 1905 American entrepreneur and inventor Sarah Goodridge 1788 1853 American artist Sarah Gorden born 1992 American soccer player Sarah Urist Green born 1979 American art museum curator author and creator Sarah Greene born 1957 English TV presenter Sarah Greene actress born 1984 Irish actress and singer Sarah Moore Grimke 1792 1873 American abolitionist Sarah Grochala born 1973 British playwright Sarah Harrington British artist Sarah Israelit Groll 1925 2007 Israeli Egyptologist and linguist Sarah Ogan Gunning 1910 1983 American songwriter and folk singer Sarah Hadland born 1971 English actress Sarah Haffner 1940 2018 German British author painter and active feminist Sarah Haider born 1991 American writer public speaker and political activist Sarah Josepha Hale 1788 1879 American writer activist and editor Sarah C Hall 1832 1926 American physician suffragist Sarah Toscano born 2004 Italian singer songwriter Sarah Tyson Hallowell 1846 1924 American art curator Sarah Harding 1981 2021 English singer model and actress Sarah Harmer born 1970 Canadian singer songwriter and environmental activist Sarah Hart disambiguation several people Sarah Hay born 1987 American actress and ballerina Sarah Heap 1870 1960 New Zealand physical education teacher and drill mistress Sarah Hegazi 1989 2020 Egyptian socialist writer and lesbian activist Sarah Henderson born 1964 Australian politician lawyer and former journalist Sarah Hirini born 1992 New Zealand rugby Union player Sarah Hirshland born 1975 chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee Sarah A Hoyt born 1962 Portuguese born American science fiction fantasy mystery and historical fiction writer Sarah Blaffer Hrdy born 1946 American anthropologist and primatologist Sarah Hudson singer born 1984 American singer and musician Sarah A Hughes 1847 1816 African Methodist Episcopal preacher Sarah T Hughes 1896 1985 American lawyer and federal judge Sarah Hughes born 1985 American politician and former competitive figure skater Sarah Hyland born 1990 American actress Sarah Ichioka American urban planner and art curator Sarah Idan born 1990 Iraqi American model television host musician beauty pageant titleholder and politician Sarah Iliev born 2006 French female tennis player Sarah Illingworth born 1963 English born New Zealand former cricketer Sarah Imovbioh born 1992 Nigerian basketball player Sarah Inghelbrecht born 1992 Belgian road and track cyclist Sarah Ioannides born 1972 British conductor collaborator and multimedia Sarah Irving Canadian businesswoman Sarah Isgur born 1982 American lawyer and political operative Sarah Iversen born 1990 Danish handball player Sarah Noble Ives 1864 1944 American painter illustrator and writer Sarah Yorke Jackson 1805 1887 First Lady of the United States Sarah Jaffe born 1986 American musician from Denton Texas Sarah Jarosz born 1991 American musician Sarah Jeffery born 1996 Canadian actress Sarah Orne Jewett 1849 1909 American novelist short story writer and poet Sarah Anne Johnson born 1976 Canadian artist Sarah Iles Johnston born 1957 American classical scholar Sarah Jones screen actress American actress Sarah Jurgens Canadian actress producer casting director model photographer and multimedia artist Sarah Kamya creator of Little Free Diverse Library project Sarah Kane 1971 1999 English playwright screenwriter and theatre director Sarah Kaufman born 1985 Canadian mixed martial artist Sarah Kendall born 1976 Australian comedian Sarah Kendzior born 1978 American author anthropologist researcher and scholar Sarah Kennedy born 1950 British DJ Sarah Keyworth born 1993 English stand up comedian Sarah Khan born 1992 Pakistani actress Sarah Kinsley born 2000 American singer songwriter Sarah Knauss 1880 1999 American supercentenarian Sarah Kemble Knight 1666 1727 American teacher and businesswoman Sarah Koenig born 1969 American journalist and podcast host Sarah Kofman 1934 1994 French philosopher Sarah Lacina born 1984 American reality show contestant Sarah Lahbati born 1993 Swiss born Filipino actress and reality star Sarah Lancashire born 1964 English actress Sarah Lancaster American actress Sarah Lane born 1984 American ballet dancer Sarah Lawrence educator 1780 1859 English educator writer and literary editor Sarah Levy actress born 1986 Canadian actress Sarah Levy rugby union born 1995 American Olympic rugby union and rugby sevens player Sarah Lind born 1982 Canadian actress Sarah Logan born 1993 American professional wrestler Sarah Longwell American political strategist and publisher Sarah Lucas born 1962 English photographer and sculptor Sarah J Maas born 1986 American writer Sarah Ladipo Manyika British Nigerian writer Sarah Mardini born 1995 Syrian former competition swimmer lifeguard and human rights activist Sarah Y Mason 1896 1980 American screenwriter and script supervisor Sarah McBride born 1990 American transgender rights activist and politician Sarah McGuinness Irish singer composer producer director and screenwriter Sarah Galt Elwood McKee 1842 1934 Canadian social reformer and temperance leader Sarah McLachlan born 1968 Canadian musician singer and songwriter Sarah McLeod musician born 1973 Australian singer songwriter Sarah Meier born 1984 Swiss figure skater Sarah Newcomb Merrick 1844 1922 Canadian born American educator writer businesswoman and physician Sarah Miles born 1941 British actress Sarah Millican born 1975 English comedian writer and presenter Sarah Mirr born 2000 American soccer player Sarah Monette born 1974 American novelist and short story writer Sarah Mortensen born 1997 Danish basketballer Sarah Mullally born 1962 British Anglican bishop Lord Spiritual and former nurse Sarah Murdoch born 1972 British Australian model actress and television presenter Sarah Myhre American climate scientist Sarah Natochenny American voice actress and film director Sarah Nemtsov born 1980 German composer Sarah Neufeld born 1979 Canadian musician Sarah Newton born 1961 British politician Sarah Niles British film TV and theatre actress Sarah Nixey born 1973 British singer songwriter Sarah Noriega born 1976 American volleyball player collegiate champion and Olympic athlete Sarah Nurse born 1995 Canadian ice hockey player Sarah Nuttall South African academic and cultural critic Sarah Ockwell Smith English writer Sarah O Connor American molecular biologist Sarah Onyango Obama 1922 2021 Kenyan educator and philanthropist Sarah Olney born 1977 British politician Sarah Oppenheimer born 1972 American artist Sarah Ortmeyer German artist Sarah Osborne colonist in the Massachusetts Bay colony and one of the first women to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials of 1692 Sarah Otto born 1967 Canadian scientist Sarah Ourahmoune born 1982 French former female boxer Sarah Outen born 1985 British athlete and adventurer Sarah Owen born 1983 British politician and trade unionist Sarah Palin born 1964 American politician commentator author and TV personality Sarah Parish born 1968 English actress Sarah Jessica Parker born 1965 American actress and TV producer Sarah Paulson born 1974 American actress Sarah Jo Pender born 1979 American murderer Sarah Pett British medical researcher Sarah Phelps British television screenwriter radio writer playwright and television producer Sarah Pinborough English author and screenwriter Sarah Pinsker American science fiction and fantasy author Sarah Polley born 1979 Canadian filmmaker writer political activist and retired actress Sarah Pudifin Jones South African lawyer Sarah Quigley New Zealand author Sarah Quintrell English writer producer and actress Sarah Quraishi Pakistani aerospace engineer Sarah Rafferty born 1972 American film and TV actress Sarah Ramos born 1991 American actress Sarah N Randolph 1839 1892 American educator school principal historian and an author Sarah Rector 1902 1967 African American member of the Muskogee Creek Nation Sarah Reeves born 1989 American musician and singer Sarah E Reisman American chemist Sarah Mower Requa 1829 1922 American philanthropist and California pioneer Sarah Rice 1955 2024 U S stage actress Sarah Rice banker died 1842 English businesswoman Sarah Richardson born 1971 Canadian interior designer and television personality Sarah Roberts actress born 1984 Australian TV and film actress Sarah Robles born 1988 American weightlifter Sarah Roemer born 1984 American actress Sarah Rogers Haight 1808 1881 American traveler and writer Sarah Romert born 1994 German footballer Sarah Rowe born 1995 Australian rules footballer Sarah Ruden born 1962 American writer Sarah Ruhl born 1974 American playwright poet professor and essayist Sarah Huckabee Sanders born 1982 American politician and political press secretary Sarah Schulman born 1958 American novelist playwright nonfiction writer screenwriter gay activist and AIDS historian Sarah Shahi born 1980 American actress Sarah Sherman born 1993 American comedian actress and screenwriter Sarah Siddons 1755 1831 Welsh actress Sarah Silverman born 1970 American comedian actress and writer Sarah Sjostrom born 1993 Swedish swimmer Sarah Slean born 1977 Canadian singer songwriter composer and musician Sarah K Smith artist and educator Sarah Kirkland Snider born 1973 American composer Sarah Snook born 1987 Australian actress Sarah Solemani born 1982 English actress writer and activist Sarah Springman born 1956 British Swiss triathlete civil engineer and academic Sarah Stiles born 1979 American singer actor Sarah Stock born 1979 American professional wrestler Sarah Sutherland born 1988 Canadian American actress Sarah Taylor cricketer born 1989 English women cricketer Sarah Teather born 1974 British politician Sarah Thomas American football official born 1973 American football official Sarah Thomas marathon swimmer American marathon swimmer Sarah Thompson actress born 1979 American actress Sarah Thomson publisher born 1968 Canadian politician Sarah Thornton born 1965 Canadian writer ethnographer and sociologist Sarah Tishkoff born 1965 American geneticist Sarah Treem American playwright writer and producer Sarah Trigger born 1968 British actress Sarah Trimmer 1741 1810 British author and editor Sarah True born 1981 American triathlete Sarah E Turner born 1966 American professor of economics and education and Souder Family Endowed Chair at the University of Virginia Sarah Ulmer born 1976 New Zealand former cyclist Sarah Unsicker born 1976 American politician Sarah Updike Goddard American printer and newspaper publisher Sarah Utterback born 1982 American actress Sarah Uwera born 1996 Rwandan cricketer and a former captain of the Rwanda women s cricket team Sarah Vaillancourt born 1985 Canadian women s ice hockey player Sarah Van Den Boom French animation film director and co founder of the Papy3D Productions Sarah Vaughan 1924 1990 American jazz and classical singer Sarah Vaughan writer British writer and journalist Sarah Villiers Countess of Jersey 1785 1867 English noblewoman and banker Sarah Vinci born 1991 Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player Sarah Vine born 1967 British columnist Sarah Vogel American farm advocate author former politician and lawyer Sarah Voss born 1999 German artistic gymnast Sarah Vowell born 1969 American historian author journalist essayist social commentator and actress Sarah Walsh born 1983 Australian soccer player Sarah Washington British singer Sarah Waters born 1966 Welsh novelist Sarah Weddington 1945 2021 American attorney law professor advocate for women s rights and reproductive health and member of the Texas House of Representatives Sarah Leah Whitson American lawyer and the executive director Sarah Wiedenheft Dutch American voice actress Sarah Wildes 1627 1692 wrongly convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials Sarah Anne Williams American voice actress Sarah D Winans 1841 1915 American organizational leader Sarah Winchester 1839 1922 American heiress and occultist Sarah Winnemucca Northern Paiute writer activist and educator Sarah Wollaston born 1962 British politician Sarah Woodward born 1963 British actress Sarah Wright born 1983 American actress Sarah X Dylan born 1980 American Internet radio host Internet television host former radio producer and talk show co host Sarah Yates born 1987 British artist Sarah York born 1978 American pen pal of Manuel Noriega Sarah Young author 1946 2023 American Christian author Sarah Young DJ born 1989 British DJ and record producer Sarah Young immunologist New Zealand immunologist Sarah Yuster born 1957 American painter Sarah Zadrazil born 1993 Austrian association football player Sarah Zapata born 1988 Peruvian American textile artist Sarah Zar American visual artist songwriter performance artist curator and a musical saw player Sarah Zechman professor of business Sarah Zeid born 1972 Jordanian princess Sarah Zerbes born 1978 German algebraic number theorist Sarah Zettel born 1966 American author Sarah Zucker American visual artist and writerFictional characters Sarah Baker the fifth child in The Bakers family in the Cheaper by the Dozen film Sarah Connor a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Terminator franchise Sarah Huttinger main character in Rumor has it played by Jennifer Aniston Sarah Jones a fictional character from the Welsh animated series Fireman Sam Sarah Kerrigan a character in Blizzard Entertainment s StarCraft franchise Sarah Phillips a fictional character and one of three main protagonists of the 2002 DIC Entertainment television cartoon Liberty s Kids Sarah Platt a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street Sarah Jane Smith a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the BBC Television science fiction series Doctor Who and two of its spin offs Sarah the Sunday Fairy a fictional character in the British book series Rainbow Magic Sarah Walker Chuck the alias of one of the main characters of the television show Chuck on NBC Sarah Williams Labyrinth a fictional character and the protagonist of the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth Sarah a fictional character from the Cartoon Network animated TV series Ed Edd n EddyOther formsOther variants of the name are Sara alternatively pronounced ˈ s ɑːr e Pet forms of the name are Sally SadieSee alsoAll pages with titles beginning with Sara All pages with titles beginning with Sarah Sarah disambiguation References Behind the Name Sarah Retrieved 28 August 2018 Sarah Meaning and origin of the name Sarah The amazing name Sarah Meaning and etymology Sarah Name Meaning Origin Popularity amp Nicknames 30 September 2022 Sarah Etymology of the name sarah by etymonline The amazing name Sarah Meaning and etymology Popular Baby Names Archived 2018 02 02 at the Wayback Machine Social Security Administration United States Retrieved January 9 2012 PASSPORTS ISSUED 2014 3 Years of Age or Under PDF Retrieved 6 March 2015 Law on Alteration of Family and Personal Names United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Schreiber Mordecai Schiff Alvin I Klenicki Leon 2003 The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia Schreiber ISBN 9781887563772 This page or section lists people that share the same given name If an internal link led you here you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article