The baby name Sitara is a Girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced sih-TAH-rah.
The baby name Sitara is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced sih-TAH-rah.
Sitara is Hindi, Persian, Urdu in Origin.
Sitara is an Indo-Persian feminine name from Persian ستاره, usually romanized sitāra or setāre in modern pronunciation. The older Iranian form is Middle Persian stārag, built on the Indo-Iranian root *star- with the Middle Persian diminutive or nominal suffix -ag. Its literal sense is star; in Hindi and Urdu the borrowed form appears as सितारा and ستارہ, retaining the long second vowel.
The name is most at home in Urdu, Hindi, and related South Asian naming contexts, rather than in classical Sanskrit, where tārā is the usual word for star. Persian Setareh or Setare, Tajik and Uzbek Sitora, and Indian spellings such as Sithara are close equivalents. Notable bearers include Kathak dancer Sitara Devi and actress Sitara Hewitt; the title also appears in South Asian films and television. In the United States it remains outside the Top 1000.
| Sitara Devi Sitara Devi was an Indian Kathak dancer best known as one of the great stars of classical Indian dance. She was also a singer and actress, and performed at major venues including Royal Albert Hall in London in 1967 and Carnegie Hall in New York in 1976. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | Girls | 0 | #34 | 2 | 574 |
| AZ | 0 | #43 | 1 | 706 | |
| AF | 0 | #74 | 3 | 1,883 | |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #74 | 2 | 1,051 |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #88 | 7 | 2,402 |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| AE | 0 | #185 | 3 | 10,220 | |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| BD | 0 | #238 | 4 | 5,992 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #248 | 2 | 6,293 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #277 | 9 | 2,795 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #326 | 4 | 7,429 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #358 | 5 | 8,539 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #363 | 24 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #385 | 12 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #464 | 3 | 10,523 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #504 | 12 | 19,177 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #518 | 6 | 11,913 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #529 | 25 | 20,968 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| BH | 0 | #581 | 7 | 17,937 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #599 | 33 | 13,121 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #643 | 3 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #648 | 3 | 16,104 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #742 | 2 | 18,093 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #854 | 63 | 8,487 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #866 | 70 | 25,931 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,034 | 6 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,131 | 11 | 25,928 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,136 | 8 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,233 | 2 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,250 | 5 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,433 | 14 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,588 | 27 | 28,008 |
Sitara is popular in 35 countries — most recent births per country:
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