Sarra

Borrowed from Italian Sarra or Catalan Sarrà.

Sarra (plural Sarras)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sarra is the 39281^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 560 individuals. Sarra is most common among White (85.54%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sarra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ra/^[1]
• Rhymes: -arra
• Hyphenation: Sàr‧ra

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Sarra m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

Sarra f (Dantesque)^[2]

1. alternative form of Sara (“wife of Abraham”)
   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXII”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 10–12; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Sarra e Rebecca, Iudìt e colei
     che fu bisava al cantor che per doglia
     del fallo disse ’Miserere mei’,

     Sarah, Rebecca, Judith, and her who was
     Ancestress of the Singer, who for dole
     Of the misdeed said, 'Miserere mei,'^[3]