SARAH female English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew Means "lady, princess, noblewoman" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of Abraham's wife, considered the matriarch of the Jewish people. She was barren until she unexpectedly became the pregnant with Isaac at the age of 90. Her name was originally Sarai, but God changed it at the same time Abraham's name was changed (see Genesis 17:15).In England, Sarah came into use after the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer was Sarah Churchill (1660-1744), an influential British duchess and a close friend of Queen Anne. | ||||||||||||||||||||
SERAPHINA female English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each. This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common. |
FULL FORMS |
ENGLISH: Seraphina |
EQUIVALENTS |
ARABIC: Sara, Sarah |
BIBLICAL GREEK: Sarra |
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Sarah |
BIBLICAL LATIN: Sarra |
BIBLICAL: Sarah |
BOSNIAN: Sara |
CATALAN: Sara |
CROATIAN: Sara |
CZECH: Sára |
DANISH: Sara |
DUTCH: Sara |
ENGLISH: Sara, Sarah |
FINNISH: Saara, Sara, Sari |
FRENCH: Sarah, Séraphine |
GERMAN: Sara, Sarah, Seraphina |
GREEK: Sara |
HAWAIIAN: Kala |
HEBREW: Sarah |
HUNGARIAN: Sára |
ICELANDIC: Sara |
ITALIAN: Fina, Sara, Serafina |
LATE ROMAN: Seraphina |
MACEDONIAN: Sara, Serafima |
NORWEGIAN: Sara |
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Sarra |
PERSIAN: Sara |
POLISH: Sara, Serafina |
PORTUGUESE: Sara, Serafina |
RUSSIAN: Serafima |
SERBIAN: Sara |
SLOVAK: Sára |
SLOVENE: Sara |
SPANISH: Sara, Serafina |
SWEDISH: Sara |
YIDDISH: Suri |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
ENGLISH: Sadie, Sal, Sallie, Sally, Sarina |
FINNISH: Saija, Salli |
HEBREW: Sarit |
HUNGARIAN: Sári, Sárika |
SPANISH: Sarita |
SWEDISH: Sassa |
YIDDISH: Tzeitel |
MASCULINE FORMS |
FRENCH: Séraphin |
GREEK: Serafeim |
ITALIAN: Serafino |
LATE ROMAN: Seraphinus |
MACEDONIAN: Serafim |
POLISH: Serafin |
ROMANIAN: Serafim |
RUSSIAN: Serafim |