Yara (given name)

Yara is a given name developed independently in the Arabic and Tupi languages, and also the anglicized spelling of a number of unrelated given names.[1][2][3][4][5]

  • Arabic Yara (يارا) meaning small butterfly
  • Brazilian Portuguese Iara, a river spirit in Tupi and Guarani mythology
  • Persian - Yārā يارا (يارا) meaning "strength" or "courage". The dictionary definition of يارا at Wiktionary
  • Biblical Yaʿrah (יַעֲרָה) in the Masoretic text of 1 Chronicles 9:42 is a variant of יַעֲרָה yaʿărâh "forested", used as a masculine given name of a descendant of Saul (son of Micah, great-grandson of Mephibosheth).[6]

In the 1990s, Yara (without identifiable etymology or ethnic connection) began to become popular as a girl's name in Western countries.

Notable people with the name include:

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