Satara as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Satara

What is the meaning of the name Satara ?

The baby name Satara is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced {'respelling': 'suh-TAH-rah', 'IPA': '/səˈtɑːrə/'}.

Satara is Persian in Origin.

Satara is most often a feminine given name linked to the Persian word sitāra, “star,” which entered Urdu and Hindi as sitāra/sitara with the same meaning. In this sense, Satara functions as a modern variant spelling of Sitara, carrying connotations of brightness, guidance, and celebrity in South Asian languages. The name also coincides with Satara, a historic city in Maharashtra, India, whose name is popularly explained as “seven stars/hills,” referencing seven surrounding hill-forts - an association that sometimes inspires its use as a given name.

As a personal name, forms related to Sitara appear in Persianate and South Asian literary traditions and have spread more widely through the 20th–21st‑century diaspora. Variants and cognates include Sitara, Setara, Setareh (Persian), Sitarah/Sitaraa (Urdu), Sitora (Tajik), and the related Tara. Overall meaning: “star,” with extended senses of “guiding light” and “radiance.”