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Tara

Star

Gender: Girl
Origin: Sanskrit / Persian
Pronunciation guide: TAH-ra

The story of the name

International name with shared roots. Sanskrit for 'star', also a goddess in Hindu mythology.

Etymology

Root: tārā · Sanskrit / Indo-Iranian

Tara is the Sanskrit-rooted form for star, used as a personal name across the Indo-Iranian world. The same Indo-European root produces Kurdish stêr, Persian setâre, Greek astēr, Latin stella.

Name family

Stêrk · cognate
Stêr · cognate

Linguistic parallels

Tara तारा Sanskrit — 'Stjärna' / gudinna
Tara Iriska — Helig kulle
Tara Engelska — Samma form

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Updated: 2026-05-02