Yara (or Iara) 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]
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.
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