Sara

Gender: 
Female

Meanings:

  • Joyful; gives pleasure (Arabic, North Africa; Swahili, East Africa).
  • Form of Sarah: Princess (Hebrew; Old Testament—wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac); joyful (Swahili, East Africa).
  • Name given to various groups of people in Chad and Central African Republic who speak Bongo-Bagirmi (Central Africa).