Sarah is a common feminine given name of

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

origin. It derives its popularity from the biblical matriarch

Sarah Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woma ...

, the wife of

Abraham Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the Covenant (biblical), covenanta ...

and a major figure in the

Abrahamic religions The term Abrahamic religions is used to group together monotheistic religions revering the Biblical figure Abraham, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The religions share doctrinal, historical, and geographic overlap that contrasts them wit ...

. It is a consistently popular given name across

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

, and the

Middle East The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...

— is commonly used as a female first name by

Jews Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

Christians A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...

, and

Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

alike, and remaining popular also among non-religious members of cultures influenced by these religions. In

, Sarah () is the feminine form of the noun Sar (), which commonly translates to "chief", "ruler" or "prince". It is also related to the verb , which is also the basis of the name

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. In

Modern Hebrew Modern Hebrew (, or ), also known as Israeli Hebrew or simply Hebrew, is the Standard language, standard form of the Hebrew language spoken today. It is the only surviving Canaanite language, as well as one of the List of languages by first w ...

, Sarah () is the feminine form of the word for "minister". In

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, Sara is a common nickname for the name Serafina/Seraphina, which is in turn derived from the word

seraph A seraph ( ; pl.: ) is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism. The term plays a role in subsequent Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Tradition places seraphim in the highest rank in Christian angelology and in the fif ...

, a high-ranking

angel An angel is a spiritual (without a physical body), heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in variou ...

in the hierarchy of angels. In the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, 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 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.Popular Baby Names
, Social Security Administration, United States. Retrieved January 9, 2012. The name has been similarly popular in Ireland and the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

. In

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

, it gained popularity after the

Protestant Reformation The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and ...

. In 2014, Sarah ranked as the tenth most popular female baby name in

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. In

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

, 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 "

Sarah in other languages

* Albanian: Sara *

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: (Sara) *

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: *

Aramaic Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...

: *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

: * Azerbaijani: Sara * Bashkir: Сара (Sara) * Belarusian: Сара (Sara) * Balochi: saraa * Bengali: সারাহ্, সারাহ (sarah); সারা (sara) *

Biblical Greek Koine Greek (, ), also variously known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek, Septuagint Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during the Hellenistic ...

: Sarra * Biblical

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

: Sara * Bosnian: Sara * * Bulgarian: Сара (Sara) * Catalan: Sara * Chinese Simplified: 莎拉 (

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

: Shā lā) * Chinese Traditional: 莎拉 (

: 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 Haitian Creole (; , ; , ), or simply Creole (), is a French-based creole languages, French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti (the other being French), where it ...

: Sara * Hawaiian: Kala *

: שרה (Sārā) *

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

: सराह (Sarāha), popularly used as a short form of

Saraswati Saraswati (, ), also spelled as Sarasvati, is one of the principal Devi, goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, music, purification, language and culture. Together with the godde ...

* Hungarian: Sára, Sári, Sárika, Sarolta, Sasa * Icelandic: Sara * Indonesian: Sarah, Sara *

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

: سارا * Italian: Sara * Irish: Sorcha, Saraid * Japanese: サラ (Sara), 沙羅 (Sara) *

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

: ಸಾರಾ (Sārā) * Kazakh: Сара (Sara) * Khmer: សារ៉ា (Sara) * Korean: 사라 (Sara) * Lithuanian: Sara * Macedonian: Сара (Sara) * Maori: Hara * Marathi: सारा (Sārā) * Mongolian: Сара (Sara) * Malay: Sarah *

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

:: സാറ, Sara, Saramma * Nepali:: सारा (Sārā), popularly used as a short form of

* Norwegian:: Sara * Persian: ساره ,سارا * Polish: Sara * Portuguese: Sara * Romanian: Sara * Russian: Сара (Sara), Sarka, Sarra *

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

: 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 Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: سارہ * Vietnamese: Sara * Welsh: Sara *

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

: 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 A. Anderson (1901-1992), American politician * 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 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 Sarah Bernhardt (; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including by Alexandre Dumas fils, ...

(1844–1923), French stage actress * Sarah Uriarte Berry (born 1969), American actress and singer * Sarah Bireete, Ugandan lawyer and political activist * 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 Sarah Sanguin Carter (born October 30, 1980) is a Canadian actress, singer, writer and director. She is known for her recurring role as Alicia Baker in the superhero series ''Smallville'' (2004–2005), Madeleine Poe in ''Shark (American TV ser ...

(born 1980), Canadian-American actress * Sarah Helen Carter (1974-2024), Australian politician, mayor of Maribyrnong City Council * 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) Sarah Terenzi-Fischer (born Sarah Marianne Corina Lewe; 13 June 1980), known professionally as Sarah Connor, is a German Pop music, pop singer. She rose to prominence after she signed with X-Cell Records in 2000 and released her debut album ''G ...

(born 1980), German singer *

Sarah Palfrey Cooke Sarah Hammond Palfrey Danzig (née Palfrey; September 18, 1912 – February 27, 1996) was an American tennis player whose adult amateur career spanned 19 years, from June 1926 until September 1945. She won two singles, nine women's doubles, and ...

(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 Iliff Davis (1820-1909), American milliner, business woman, philanthropist * 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) Sarah Ellis (born 19 May 1952 in Vancouver) is a Canadian children's writer and librarian. She has been a librarian in Toronto and Vancouver. She has also written reviews for '' Quill and Quire''.Ellis, Sarah. ''Quill and Quire''. January 2009. ...

(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 Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo-Guidicelli ( ; born July 25, 1988) is a Filipino singer and actress. List of awards and nominations received by Sarah Geronimo, Her accolades include a Billboard Women in Music, ''Billboard'' Women in Music Award, an ...

(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 Hengler (c.1765 –1845) British businesswomen and firework 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 Sarah Harding (born Sarah Nicole Hardman; 17 November 1981 – 5 September 2021) was an English singer, model and actress. Her professional career began in 2002 when she successfully auditioned for the ITV (TV channel), ITV reality series ''Po ...

(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 Sarah Hegazi (; 1 October 1989 – 14 June 2020; also rendered Hegazy or Higazy) was an Egyptian writer, LGBTQ activist, and socialist. She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in Egypt for three months after flying a Rainbow flag (LGBT), rainbo ...

(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 The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for the United States. It was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado ...

* 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 Sarah Maureen Isgur (born November 9, 1982) is an American attorney, political commentator, and former spokesperson at the United States Department of Justice. In 2016, Isgur was a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics. Isgur was deputy ...

(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 Sarah Kane (3 February 1971 – 20 February 1999) was an English playwright, screenwriter and theatre director. She is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological ...

(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 Milgrim, American victim of a 2025 shooting *

Sarah Millican Sarah Jane Millican (' King; born 29 May 1975) is an English comedian. Millican won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerf ...

(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 Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally (; born 26 March 1962) is a British Anglican prelate and former nurse. Bishop of London since 2018,

(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 Sarah Niles is an English actress. She became widely known for her performance as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone in the Apple+ series ''Ted Lasso'', for which she received two Emmy Award nominations. She has also appeared in '' Beautiful People'' (2009) ...

, 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 Payne (1991–2000), English murder victim * 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 Sarah Pinborough is an English author and screenwriter of over 20 Young adult fiction, YA and adult works. She is known for her Thriller (genre), thriller, fantasy and cross-genre novels. Biography Pinborough was born in Buckinghamshire, Eng ...

, 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 Sarah Siddons (''née'' Kemble; 5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh actress, the best-known Tragedy, tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified". She was the elder siste ...

(1755–1831), Welsh actress * Sarah Silverman (born 1970), American comedian, actress and writer *

Sarah Sjöström Sarah Fredrika Sjöström (; born 17 August 1993) is a Swedish competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer specialising in the sprint Freestyle swimming, freestyle and Butterfly stroke, butterfly events and one of the most decorated swimmers of all ti ...

(born 1993), Swedish swimmer * Sarah Slean (born 1977), Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and musician * Sarah K. Smith, artist and educator *

Sarah Kirkland Snider Sarah Kirkland Snider (born October 8, 1973) is an American composer. She has received critical acclaim for her chamber, orchestral, song cycle, choral, and ballet works. Biography Snider was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. Despite a ...

(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 Sarah Louise Teather (born 1 June 1974) is the Director of Jesuit Refugee Service UK and a former British House of Commons of the United Kingdom#Members and elections, Member of Parliament and Minister. As a Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Dem ...

(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 Toscano (born 2006), Italian singer-songwriter * 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 Sarah Lois Vaughan (, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "List of nicknames of jazz musicians, The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

(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 Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as '' Tipping the Velvet'' and '' Fingersmith''. Life and education Early life Sara ...

(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 Wynn-Williams, New Zealand former Facebook director * 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

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* Sarah Baker, the fifth child in "The Bakers" family in the '' Cheaper by the Dozen'' film * Sarah Connor, the protagonist of the '' Terminator'' franchise * Sarah Essen, a GCPD detective in the

DC Universe The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. In context, the term "DC Universe" usually refers to the main DC Continuity (fiction), continuity. It contains v ...

* Sarah Hatoff, a news reporter in the '' Dog Man'' series * Sarah Huttinger, main character in ''Rumor has it...'', played by Jennifer Aniston * Sarah Jones, a character from '' Fireman Sam'' *

Sarah Kerrigan Sarah Louise Kerrigan, the self-styled Queen of Blades, is a character in Blizzard Entertainment's ''StarCraft'' franchise. She was created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney, and her original appearance was designed by Metzen. Sarah Kerrigan is ...

, a character in Blizzard Entertainment's '' StarCraft'' franchise * Sarah Kinney, the mother of Laura Kinney in Marvel Comics. * Sarah Knuckey (Marrow), sometimes known as Sarah Rushman, a mutant character in

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

. * Sarah Phillips, one of three main protagonists of '' Liberty's Kids'' * Sarah Platt, a character from the British ITV soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' * Sarah Ryall (Scanner), a member of the Acolytes in

. * Sarah Louise Sherman, in

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

’s ''Torn Curtain'' * Sarah Jane Smith, a character in ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' * Sarah Vale (Network), a student of the Xavier Institute in Marvel Comics * Sarah Walker (Chuck), the alias of one of the main characters of ''

Chuck Chuck () is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet * Chuck Barris (1929–2017), American TV produce ...

'' * Sarah Williams (Labyrinth), the protagonist of ''

Labyrinth In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth () is an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the h ...

'' * Sarah, a character from '' Ed, Edd n Eddy''

Other forms

* Other variants of the name are: Sara (alternatively pronounced ) * Pet forms of the name are: Sally, Sadie

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