Sarah
A Hebrew name meaning "princess". In Poland it stays rare: most people here have never met a Sarah, and the handful born each year keeps it that way.
Sarah Pronunciation
Sarah is pronounced SAH-rahkh (/ˈsarax/).
What Sarah means
Where Sarah comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sarah comes from Hebrew, and it means princess. In the book of Genesis, Abraham's wife is called Sarai before she is renamed Sarah, and Scripture ties the new name to a promise that kings will descend from her. So the sense of rank was there from the start.
English speakers took the name up after the Reformation, when Puritan families favoured Hebrew names drawn from the Old Testament. From England it travelled with settlers and later ranked among the most common names given to girls in the English-speaking world. Its spelling held firm.
In a Polish class register today, a Sara sits among the Zuzannas and Julias, her name written without the final h. The form is foreign and fully at home. Whatever else it gathers, the word underneath still means princess.
How many people are named Sarah
1 in 9421 women in Poland is named Sarah. 2,395 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #652 among female names.
Sarah's popularity over time
12 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #660 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #652 name among living women, even as it slips to #660 among newborns.
Where parents choose Sarah
Sarah is most popular in Opole, 207% above the national average (4 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+110%) and Silesian (+102%). It is least common in Lower Silesian and Pomeranian, 55% and 52% below average respectively.
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Opole
+207%1 in 11,524 babies
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Masovian
+110%1 in 16,870 babies
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Silesian
+102%1 in 17,506 babies
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Lower Silesian
−55%1 in 78,567 babies
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Pomeranian
−52%1 in 73,661 babies
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Subcarpathian
−41%1 in 60,283 babies
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Opole+207% 4 born1 in 11,524 babies+207%
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Masovian+110% 21 born1 in 16,870 babies+110%
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Silesian+102% 13 born1 in 17,506 babies+102%
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Lubusz+43% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies+43%
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Lesser Poland−6% 6 born1 in 37,819 babies−6%
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West Pomeranian−16% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies−16%
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Łódź−16% 3 born1 in 42,239 babies−16%
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Greater Poland−34% 4 born1 in 53,811 babies−34%
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Subcarpathian−41% 2 born1 in 60,283 babies−41%
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Pomeranian−52% 2 born1 in 73,661 babies−52%
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Lower Silesian−55% 2 born1 in 78,567 babies−55%
Sarah as a middle name
Sarah is a first name for 2,395 women in Poland and a middle name for another 585, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 299th, between Aurora (587) and Veronica (584).
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#297 Ruta588
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#298 Aurora587
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#299 Sarah585
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#300 Veronica584
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#301 Emily574