Yaara
Hebrew for "honeycomb", from the Jewish tradition. Only about 51 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles will never meet one.
Yaara Pronunciation
Yaara is pronounced ih-ah-AH-rah (/ɨaˈara/).
What Yaara means
Where Yaara comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Yaara begins in Hebrew, and its short meaning is honeycomb. The word sits close to the biblical phrase "ya'arat ha-devash," the comb of the honey. It appears in the story of Jonathan in 1 Samuel 14:27. He dips his staff into the honeycomb and tastes it. A taste of the field reached the name before any child did.
Jewish families kept the name in one piece. It has no pet forms and no cross-gender twin. You say Yaara whole, or you do not say it.
In a Polish class register the name stands out among the Zuzannas and Julias. A teacher might pause at it. Yaara still means honeycomb, ya'arat ha-devash, the word from the story of Jonathan.
How many people are named Yaara
1 in 442036 women in Poland is named Yaara. 51 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5318 among female names.