Yara

(pronounced IAH-ruh): This name is nice and short and has the beautiful native-indian meaning "Goddess/Queen of the Water" or the arabic meaning "Spring" (where it can be used both as a girls and boys name). It is something different than all the Laura's, Sara's, Tara's and Cara's, and I've only know one Yara in my life so far (but she's spelled Jara).

In Persian, this name means "courage; strength" and is used as a girls' name by Kurdish people as well as Lebanese, and Farsi speakers in Iran.

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