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Girl name Arabic origin modern tradition

Yara

YAH-ruh · 4 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Small butterfly; honeycomb
Language
Arabic
Culture
Arab/Islamic
Religion
modern
Style era
modern
Themes
Yara Shahidi · Yara Sayeh Shahidi
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#578
2024 births519
Peak year2022
First appeared1969
Total US births6,945
2022 peak19691983199720102024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Yar
Alternate spellings
YarahYaara
In other languages
Yara (Arabic)Yara (Brazilian Portuguese

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