Zarrah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Zarrah by the numbers
Zarrah was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Zarrah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zarrah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zariahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara712 in the US (2017)
- Zarahblooming flower; a form of Sarah or Zara42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaryahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara43 in the US (2017)
- Zairahblooming flower; a form of Zaira15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahrahflower, blooming14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayrahblooming flower; a form of Zahra4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Zarrah
Names that are said the same way as Zarrah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zarablooming flower or princess625 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahraflower; blooming418 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zairaflower, blooming; feminine form of Zair49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahraathe shining one; a form of Zahra13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaarablooming flower; a form of Zara34 in the US (2017)
- Xaraprincess; a variant of Sarah29 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Zarrah
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