Meaning and Origin of: Tara

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Celtic, Gaelic, Hindi : Rocky hill; tower

Girl name variations

Taria
Taryn

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish : nickname from dialect tarać się ‘to roll or welter’.
  • Indian (Panjab) : Sikh name, probably from Panjabi tārā ‘star’ (Sanskrit tāraka). It is based on the name of a Jat tribe.

Famous people who gave their babies this name

Keith Richards
Oliver Stone