The first name Sarah

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About the first name Sarah

Meaning

The name Sarah traditionally means “princess”.

Historical origin

The name Sarah comes from Hebrew Sarah, the name of Abraham’s wife in the Bible.

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Sarah endured for centuries through biblical traditions and appears regularly in parish registers.

Pronunciation:sa-rahsaʁ.a

Frequency of the first name Sarah by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Sarah by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name SarahLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Sarah in baptisms by year.10075502501770181818661914196220101770–1774 1 baptisms1775–1779 2 baptisms1780–1784 2 baptisms1785–1789 3 baptisms1790–1794 1 baptisms1795–1799 5 baptisms1800–1804 3 baptisms1805–1809 3 baptisms1810–1814 4 baptisms1815–1819 3 baptisms1820–1824 15 baptisms1825–1829 18 baptisms1830–1834 41 baptisms1835–1839 53 baptisms1840–1844 64 baptisms1845–1849 56 baptisms1850–1854 49 baptisms1855–1859 55 baptisms1860–1864 77 baptisms1865–1869 63 baptisms1870–1874 28 baptisms1875–1879 23 baptisms1880–1884 13 baptisms1885–1889 15 baptisms1890–1894 9 baptisms1895–1899 7 baptisms1900–1904 5 baptisms1905–1909 4 baptisms1910–1914 5 baptisms1915–1919 6 baptisms1920–1924 4 baptisms1925–1929 4 baptisms1930–1934 4 baptisms1935–1939 1 baptisms1940–1944 3 baptisms1950–1954 1 baptisms1970–1974 4 baptisms1975–1979 6 baptisms1980–1984 7 baptisms1985–1989 11 baptisms1990–1994 17 baptisms1995–1999 20 baptisms2000–2004 11 baptisms2005–2009 1 baptisms2010–2014 1 baptisms

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