Tara
Female#318 most common in Croatia2,421 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Star; hill
- Origin:
- Sanskrit
About the name Tara
A name with several roots — a Sanskrit goddess ('star'), an Irish royal hill, and a Balkan river and mountain. Used as a modern short name.
Popularity with newborns
- Girls · 2025 · 105 births · #41 that year
Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.
People with this name in Croatia
2,421 people in Croatia are called Tara, according to the 2021 census. That is #318 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Tara is recorded in every Croatian county.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.