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Zara is a feminine given name.
It is the English form of the name Zaïre, the central character of Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre (The Tragedy of Zara).[1] Voltaire may have been influenced by the Arabic name Zahra.[2]
Its popularity may be influenced by the naming of Princess Anne's daughter Zara Phillips in 1981, and the Spanish fashion store Zara.[1]
Another derivation, unrelated to the above, is the Bulgarian name Zara (Зара) which is a diminutive of Zaharina or Zaharinka.[3]
Notable people with this name
- Zara (Russian singer) (born 1983), Russian pop singer and actress
- Zara (Turkish singer) (born 1976), Turkish folk music singer
- Zara Aldana (born 1989), Filipina celebrity
- Zara Bate (1909–1989), Australian fashion designer, wife of Harold Holt
- Zara Cully (1892–1978), American actress
- Zara Salim Davidson (born 1976), a member of the Malaysian royalty.
- Zara Davis (born 1966), English windsurfer
- Zara Dawson (born 1983), English actress and television presenter
- Zara Dolukhanova (1918–2007), Armenian mezzo-soprano singer
- Zara Durrani, Pakistani-Canadian actress and model
- Zara Glover (born 1982), English ten-pin bowler
- Zara Hore-Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie (1879–1965), Irish-born wife of the Earl of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia
- Zara Larsson (born 1997), Swedish singer
- Zara Levina (1906–1976), Ukrainian pianist and composer
- Zara Mints (1927–1990), Russian-Estonian literary scientist, wife of Yuri Lotman
- Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), Canadian cellist
- Zara Northover (born 1984), Jamaican shot putter
- Zara Nutley (born 1926), British television actress
- Zara Phillips (born 1981), daughter of Princess Anne of the United Kingdom
- Zara Sheikh (born 1982), Pakistani model and Lollywood actress
- Zara Turner (born ca. 1968), British actress
- Zara Whites (born 1968), Dutch television personality, activist and former pornographic actress
- Zara Wright (active 1920), American author based in Chicago
Fictional characters
- Zara Carmichael, a character in TV series Doctors
- Zara Morgan, a character in TV series Hollyoaks
- Zara, Priestess of the Crimson Flame, a DC Comics supervillain
See also
References
- ^ a b "Zara (1)". Benind the Name. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Zaïre". Benind the Name. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Zara (2)". Benind the Name. Retrieved 1 February 2014.