Etymology

Sarah

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Today it means: The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible. Full definition →

Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrew · borrowed fromשָׂרָה“lady, princess”
  2. English todaySarah

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.