Entry № 4821 · Other origin

Jarrah Jarrah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JAH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Australian eucalyptus tree (Aboriginal Noongar)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Noongar)

A name that means "australian eucalyptus tree (aboriginal noongar)".

Jarrah is from the Australian Aboriginal Noongar language jarrah — the foundational Western Australian eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus marginata). A modern American baby name in the broader Australian Aboriginal heritage aesthetic. Jarrah is one of the foundational Australian Aboriginal-language names — central to Noongar cultural heritage of southwestern Western Australia. The foundational jarrah tree is one of the foundational hardwood timber species of Australia + central to Noongar traditional ecological knowledge. Notable bearer: Jarrah Lynagh — Australian singer + member of The Voice Australia. Also widely known: Jarrah Forest — foundational Western Australian ecosystem covering 50,000+ km². Foundational unisex name across modern Australian + Aboriginal-Australian communities expressing the foundational connection to native Australian flora.

Featured throughout Australian Aboriginal heritage.

Eucalyptus tree (Noongar). Foundational Australian Aboriginal-language unisex + Western Australian Eucalyptus marginata + foundational Jarrah Forest ecosystem (50,000+ km²) + Noongar cultural heritage.

The name in its native script.

Jarrah
Transliteration
Jarrah
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jarrah stands.

Jarrah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Jarrahs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Jarrah
Australian Aboriginal eucalyptus.

Names connected to Jarrah.

The number behind Jarrah.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jarrah reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.