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Sarah vs Robert - What's the difference?

sarah | robert |

As proper nouns the difference between sarah and robert

is that sarah is wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac while Robert is a given name derived from Germanic.

sarah

English

(wikipedia Sarah)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Wife of patriarch Abraham, mother of Isaac.
  • * 1611 — 17:15
  • And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
  • * 1988 Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye : page 15:
  • I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.

    Synonyms

    * (wife of Abraham): Sarai

    Anagrams

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    robert

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * : Act I, Scene I:
  • My brother Robert'? Old Sir ' Robert' s son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?
  • * 1984 , Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir , Mariner Books, 2005, ISBN 0618509631, page 93
  • I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert' Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the '''Robert''' came from me because I liked the sound. '''Robert''' was formal, dignified, important. ' Robert . And that was nearly as nice as as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.
  • Usage notes

    * One of the most common English given names since the Norman Conquest.