Zara
A Hebrew name read as "blooming flower" or "princess". It stays rare in Poland: only a few hundred women carry it, so most Poles have never met one, though newborns are trickling in on that small base.
Zara Pronunciation
Zara is pronounced ZAH-rah (/ˈzara/).
What Zara means
Where Zara comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Zara traces back to Hebrew, to the same root that stands behind Sarah and its old sense of "princess." Along a second path the sound arrives at Arabic, where zahra names a blooming flower. Two languages, one name.
Between those two routes sits the meaning parents will read on a naming site: blooming flower, or princess. In Polish the sense is set down as kwitnący kwiat. There is a checkable bearer to point to. Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, was born in 1981 and rode for Britain as an Olympic equestrian, winning a team silver in 2012. Her name kept its short, bright shape across a very public life.
On a Polish lista obecności, Zara lands near the front and reads in a single beat. The origin stays Hebrew, from the root behind Sarah. The flower, the kwitnący kwiat, belongs to the Arabic side.
How many people are named Zara
1 in 74157 women in Poland is named Zara. 304 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1735 among female names.
Zara's popularity over time
5 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #984 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2007.
Where Zara is most popular
Zara is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 339% above the national average (4 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+307%) and Silesian (+111%).
-
Kuyavian-Pomeranian4 girls born+339%
-
Pomeranian5 girls born+307%
-
Silesian4 girls born+111%
-
Lower Silesian2 girls born+53%
-
Masovian3 girls born+2%
Zara as a middle name
Zara is a first name for 304 women in Poland and a middle name for another 73, an 81/19 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 788th, between Vittoria (73) and Aisha (72).
-
#786 Nawojka73
-
#787 Vittoria73
-
#788 Zara73
-
#789 Aisha72
-
#790 Arianna72