Baby name
RISING
🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇹🇷 Yara
/YAH · rah/
Meaning
“Small butterfly”
Of multiple origins: in Arabic meaning 'small butterfly', in Tupi (indigenous Brazilian) meaning 'water lady' or 'lady of the lake'; strongly embraced in Brazil and growing in Germany.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
warmplayful
How it ages.
Beautiful across cultures; one of the fastest-rising feminine names in Germany.
The cultural moment.
Rising strongly in Germany since 2015, now in the top 50; consistently popular in Brazil.