Zara

Hebrew and Arabic

"blooming flower; God remembers"

Zara Origin and Meaning

The name Zara is a girl's name of Arabic, Hebrew origin meaning "blooming flower; God remembers".

Zara has multiple origins, but most notably is a variation of Zahrah, a name derived from the Arabic zahrah, meaning "blooming flower." Zara can also be a diminutive of the Bulgarian name Zaharina, a feminine form of the Hebrew Zechariah. Today, Zara is heavily associated with the Spanish fast-fashion empire of the same name.

Zara is an evocative name, often used in early movies and novels for a sultry character from the East — Greta Garbo played one in the 1932 film As You Desire Me. Britain's Princess Anne defied royal convention by giving her daughter the Arabic name in 1981, thus bestowing on Zara instant upper-class status.

One of the first uses of Zara was by William Congreve in his 1697 play The Mourning Bride as the name of an African queen. Zara, Priestess of the Golden Flame, also was a Wonder Woman comic book villain.

Zara can also be spelled Zarah or Zahra, as Chris Rock did for his daughter. The related Zahara is the name of Brad and Angelina's oldest daughter.

Possible downside:the Zara clothing stores now in many malls.

Zara Rank in US Top 1000

# 236 in the US

Zara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 233 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Zara

• 236 US 2023
• 233 Nameberry 2025
• 125 Canada 2023
• 110 Future 2028
• 73 England 2023
• 36 Scotland 2024
• 67 Ireland 2024
• 51 Australia 2024
• 68 New Zealand 2024
• 369 Germany 2016
• 126 Netherlands 2015
• 94 Hungary 2021
• 41 Slovenia 2023
• 49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023

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Famous People Named Zara

• Zara Turner British actress
• Zara Dawson English actress
• Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips Tindall daughter of Britain's Princess Anne
• Zara Aldana Filipina celebrity
• Zara Bate Australian fashion designer
• Zara Frances Cully American actress
• Zara Leander Swedish singer and actress
• Zara Dolukhanova Armenian mezzo,soprano singer
• Zara Maria Larsson Swedish singer
• Zara Levina Ukrainian pianist and composer
• Zara Northover Jamaican shot putter
• Zara Peerzada Pakistani model
• Zara Sheikh Pakistani model
• Zara (born Neşe Yılmaz) Turkish pop,folk singer
• Zarifa "Zara" Pashaevna Mgoyan Russian pop singer
• (Zara) Layla Kayleigh English,American actress and TV personality

The name Zara in Pop Culture

• Queen Zara character in "The Secret History of Queen Zara and the Zarazians"
• Zara character in "The Mourning Bride" by William Congreve
• Zara character on TV's "Switched at Birth"
• ZARA Spanish clothing company
• Zara Asker character in "CHERUB" series by Robert Muchamore
• Zara White character in "Need" series by Carire Jones
• Zara Amaro character on TV's "Law and Order: SVU"
• Zara Carmichael character on British TV series "Doctors"
• Zara Morgan character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
• Zara Priestess of the Crimson Flame, villain in DC Comics
• Zara Perkich character on TV's "Offspring"
• Zara Dearborn shadowhunter from "The Dark Artifices" trilogy by Cassandra Cçare