# Zara

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #19,746

## Definitions
1. A female given name.
2. A female given name.
3. A female given name.

## Etymology
A 20th-century variant of Sarah, or explained as Arabic زَهْرَة (zahra, “flower”); given to the daughter of Princess Anne in 1981.

## Easily confused with
- **Zia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zara-vs-zia)
- **zero** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zara-vs-zero)
- **Zuma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zara-vs-zuma)
- **zeta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zara-vs-zeta)
- **Zayn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zara-vs-zayn)
- **zika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zara-vs-zika)
- **zona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zara-vs-zona)
- **zebra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zara-vs-zebra)
- **za** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/za-vs-zara)
- **zac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zac-vs-zara)
- **zak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zak-vs-zara)
- **zap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zap-vs-zara)
- **zag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zag-vs-zara)
- **Zach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zach-vs-zara)
- **Zack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zack-vs-zara)
- **Zane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zane-vs-zara)
- **zany** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zany-vs-zara)
- **zain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zain-vs-zara)
- **Zaire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zaire-vs-zara)
- **Zahra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zahra-vs-zara)

## Common misspellings (5)
`azra`, `zaar`, `zarra`, `zraa`, `zzara`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/zara