Zara (name)
Zara is a Arabic-Hebrew feminine given name and an italian surname.
It is the English form of the name Zaïre, the central character of Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre (The Tragedy of Zara)
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.[2]
Notable people with this name
Given name
- Zara Noor Abbas (a.k.a. Zara Noor Siddiqui; born 1990), Pakistani actress
- Zara Abid (1992–2020), Pakistani model
- 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 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 Rutherford (born 2002), Belgian-British aviator
- Zara Tindall (née 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
- Zara Yaqob (1399–1468), Emperor of Ethiopia (1434–1468)
Surname
- Alberto da Zara (1889–1951), Italian admiral
- Bert Zara (active 1969–1975), Australian rugby league player
- Gregorio Y. Zara (1902–1978), Filipino engineer and physicist
Fictional characters
- Zara Carmichael in TV series Doctors
- Zara Morgan in TV series Hollyoaks
- Zara (character), a DC Comics supervillain
- Zara Asker, head of CHERUB in the teenage spy novels by Robert Muchamore
- Zara Dearborn, antagonist in Queen of Air and Darkness, novel by Cassandra Clare
- Zara, the antagonist of the video game Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey.
- Zara the Starlight Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise.
- Zara Amaro, daughter of Detective Nick Amaro in TV series Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
See also
References
- "Zara (1)". Benind the Name. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- "Zara (2)". Benind the Name. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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