Sara

name

Etymology: From Latin Sara (“Sarah”).

1. A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.

   “Through faith also Sara her selfe receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a child when she was past age, because she iudged him faithful who had promised.”

   “Olive learnt that her young beauty's name, so far from being anything so fine as Maddalena, was plain Sarah — or Sara, as its owner took care to explain. Olive was rather disappointed - but she thought of Coleridge's ladye love; consoled herself, and tried to console the young lady, with repeating My pensive Sara! thy soft cheek reclined, &c. At which Miss Sara Derwent laughed, and asked who wrote that very pretty poetry?”