Tara

Where Tara comes from

Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tara
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1939
    First appearance
    #3,429 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Tara Strong born
    Canadian-American actress
  3. 1975
    Tara Reid born
    American actress
  4. 1977
    Peak, #35
    7,198 babies named Tara — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #104.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century and later usage.
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name from Sanskrit.
  • A transliteration of the Persian female given name تارا (târâ).
Namesakes
  • Tara Reid · American actress, born 1975
  • Tara Strong · Canadian-American actress, born 1973
  • Tara Lipinski · American figure skater, born 1982
  • Tara Sutaria · Indian singer and actress, born 1995
  • Tara Davis-Woodhall · American track and field athlete, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.