Sara Name Meaning

Sara is of Hebrew origin, said to mean “princess” (Brown-Driver-Briggs); not an Arabic name.

Name: Girl's name
Also written: Sarah · Sarra · سارة
In the Quran: Hud 11:71

The story of the name, from the sources

Sara is not an Arabic name: it is of Hebrew origin, said to mean princess, according to the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew lexicon.
שָׂרָה
of Hebrew origin, not Arabic
said to mean “princess”
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB)
In Taj al-Arus, al-Zabidi lists Sara among names, and gives it no Arabic meaning.
“… and Sara: names”
al-Zabidi
a name in the dictionary, with no Arabic meaning
Taj al-Arus · vol. 12, pp. 99–111 (s-w-r)
The Quran does not name her, but it speaks of Ibrahim's wife, peace be upon him, in Surah Hud: she was standing, she laughed, and she was given the good news of Ishaq, and after Ishaq, Yaqub. Ibn Sa'd, in al-Tabaqat, names the mother of Ishaq: Sara.
﴿وَامْرَأَتُهُ قَائِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَاهَا بِإِسْحَاقَ وَمِن وَرَاءِ إِسْحَاقَ يَعْقُوبَ﴾
Hud 11:71
her name is not in the Quran; she is the mother of Ishaq
Quran text: Tanzil Project · al-Tabaqat al-Kubra · vol. 1, p. 40
And in Sahih al-Bukhari, Ibrahim tells her: O Sara, there is no believer on the face of the earth except me and you.
“O Sara, there is no believer on the face of the earth except me and you”
Ibrahim, peace be upon him
Sahih al-Bukhari 3358

In short

سَارَة

a Hebrew name, said to mean princess, and the wife of Ibrahim in the Quran

سَارَة

A keepsake of the name Sara

A printable piece: Sara in Arabic calligraphy, its root, and the dictionary line it comes from, with the book, volume and page.

Questions about the name Sara

What does the name Sara mean?

Sara (Sarah) is of Hebrew origin, said to mean “princess” (Brown-Driver-Briggs); in Taj al-Arus it is listed only as a name, with no Arabic meaning. In the film: Ibrahim's wife in the Quran (Hud 11:71), and “O Sara, there is no believer on the face of the earth except me and you” (Sahih al-Bukhari 3358).

How do you write Sara in Arabic?

Sara is written سارة in Arabic; also spelled Sarah, Sarra.

Is the name Sara in the Quran?

The word appears in the Quran: ﴿وَامْرَأَتُهُ قَائِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَاهَا بِإِسْحَاقَ وَمِن وَرَاءِ إِسْحَاقَ يَعْقُوبَ﴾ (Hud 11:71).

How we researched it

18 books searched · 12 passages read

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
Taj al-Arus
The Quran (Tanzil)
al-Tabaqat al-Kubra
Sahih al-Bukhari

References, by volume and page

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB)
Taj al-Arus · vol. 12, pp. 99–111 (s-w-r)
Quran text: Tanzil Project · al-Tabaqat al-Kubra · vol. 1, p. 40
Sahih al-Bukhari 3358

We never write “personality traits” of a name, luck or numerology: the dictionaries say nothing of the kind. We give the meaning as the book gives it, and name the book, volume and page.