Meaning and background
The story behind Sarah
Sarah has a long-established history as a Biblical Hebrew personal name, commonly glossed “lady”, “princess” or “noblewoman”. In the Hebrew Bible, Sarah is Abraham’s wife; the name later travelled widely through Jewish and Christian naming traditions. Its familiar two-syllable English sound is straightforward to call. Those historical meanings describe the source name, not any guaranteed trait of a pet named Sarah.
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About Sarah
Recorded as a dog’s name
Sarah appears in 15 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/sɛɹə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/sɛɹə/ · primary stress on syllable 1S EH1 R AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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