Yara

Where Yara comes from

The dictionaries list Yara as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #6,617 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1990
    Yara van Kerkhof born
    Dutch short track speed skater
  3. 2000
    Yara Shahidi born
    American actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #507
    585 babies named Yara — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Yara Shahidi · American actress, born 2000
  • Yara van Kerkhof · Dutch short track speed skater, born 1990
  • Yara Sallam · Egyptian activist, born 1985
  • Yara Martinez · American actress, born 1979
  • Yara Kastelijn · Dutch cyclist, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.