Her original name was Sarai (in the Vulgate and the Wycliffite Bible; Σαρα in the Septuagint), and in some cases, it is hard to differentiate forms of Sara from forms of Sarai. The usual English spelling of the name was Sara; forms with the intrusive h were always less common. The name was used by both Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages, but was rare outside of Britain and France.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Sarra (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 18;
1279–80 Sara (nom) WaHR-SK p. 43;
1340xc1450 Sara (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 5,
Sarra (nom) ibid. p. 22;
1377 Sarra (nom) FenPT-2 p. 4;
1379 Sara (nom) WRYPT1 p. 7;
1381 Sara (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 99,
Sarra (nom) FenPT-2 p. 6,
Suffolk1381 p. 73;
1568 Sarah (nom) RegSoABap p. 15
- Dutch
- ● 1572 Sara AuFr Adriaenssen;
1573 Sara ibid. Daneels;
1574 Sara ibid. Carremans;
1575 Sara ibid. Crabbe;
1576 Sara ibid. Beste;
1577 Sara ibid. Bauwens;
1578 Sara ibid. Becks;
1579 Sara ibid. Bogards;
1580 Sara ibid. Beeckmans;
1581 Sara ibid. Gaber;
1582 Sara ibid. Bone,
Sarra ibid. Cleijnen;
1583 Sara ibid. Galmardts;
1584 Sara ibid. Franke;
1585 Sara ibid. Clerck;
1586 Sara ibid. Aelbertinck;
1587 Sara ibid. Achtschellinc;
1588 Sara ibid. Beijdaels;
1589 Sara ibid. Gheerarts;
1590 Sara ibid. Anthonissz;
1591 Sara ibid. Bossche;
1592 Sara ibid. Adams;
1593 Sara ibid. Bracht;
1594 Sara ibid. Anyeke;
1595 Sara ibid. Gelarts;
1596 Sara ibid. Clouwens;
1597 Sara ibid. Bertholomeus;
1598 Sara ibid. Aertsz;
1599 Sara ibid. Coudron
- Early Modern English
- ● 1549 Sarah StAnthonlin p. 8;
1551 Sarah ibid. p. 9;
1552 Sarah ibid. p. 9;
1554 Sarah ibid. p. 10,
Sarrah ibid. p. 10;
1561 Sara BarnstapleBap p. 11;
1563 Sarah StAnthonlin p. 15,
Saray BarnstapleBap p. 12;
1571 Sara OrpingtonKe p. 3;
1572 Sarah RegSoAMar p. 6,
StAnthonlin p. 22;
1573 Sarah ibid. p. 23;
1574 Sarah ibid. p. 23;
1575 Sarah ibid. p. 24;
1577 Sarah ibid. p. 25;
1578 Sarah ibid. p. 26;
1580 Sara bruton1 p. 44;
1583/4 Sara HAmar-vol9 p. 3;
1583 Sarah WAmar-1 p. 16;
1586 Sarah StAnthonlin p. 32,
Sarie SaxhamSf p. 4;
1587 Sarah DEmar-vol2 p. 13,
StAnthonlin p. 32;
1588 Sarah ibid. p. 33,
WAmar-1 p. 98;
1589 Sarah RegSoAMar p. 14;
1590 Sara HAmar-vol9 p. 116,
RegFord p. 1,
Sarah StAnthonlin p. 34;
1593 Sara BEmar-vol1 p. 16,
RegFord p. 2;
1594 Sara BUmar-vol9 p. 8;
1595/6 Sara RegFord p. 3;
1595 Sarah DEmar-vol2 p. 31;
1596 Sara BEmar-vol1 p. 16,
Sarah StAnthonlin p. 38;
1597/8 Sara BEmar-vol1 p. 17;
1597 Sara bruton1 p. 55;
1598 Sarah StAnthonlin p. 39;
1599 Sara RegGorton p. 1,
Sarae StAnthonlin p. 40
- Walloon
- ● 1581 Sara RWC p. 3;
1582 Sara ibid. p. 4;
1583 Sara ibid. p. 6;
1583/4 Sara ibid. p. 7;
1590 Sara ibid. p. 13;
1591 Sara ibid. p. 17;
1591/2 Sara ibid. p. 20;
1592 Sara ibid. p. 22;
1592/3 Sara ibid. p. 25;
1593 Sara ibid. p. 26;
1593/4 Sara ibid. p. 30;
1594 Sara ibid. p. 32
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1147 Serra (nom) clairvaux-12thc 14;
1179 Sara (abl) ibid. 176;
1301 Sarra (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 202,
Sarre (gen) ibid. p. 202
- Middle French
- ● 1562 Sarra RegPCC-1 p. 7;
1563 Sara ibid. p. 20,
Sarra ibid. p. 37;
1564 Sara ibid. p. 72,
Sarra ibid. p. 48;
1565 Sarra ibid. p. 162;
1566 Sarra ibid. p. 204;
1568 Sarra ibid. p. 393;
1570 Sarra ibid. p. 425
- Wales
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1594 Sara RegLlantrithyd p. 62
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Sara". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Sara.