Entry № 9783 · Sanskrit origin

Sitara Sitara — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ see-TAH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Star (Sitara Devi)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "star (sitara devi)".

Sitara is from the Sanskrit Sitārā.

Star (Sitara Devi) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

सितारा
Transliteration
Sitārā
Pronunciation
/ siːˈtɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sitara stands.

Sitara does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sitaras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sitara Devi
Indian Kathak dancer 1920-2014 + Padma Shri 1973 + pioneer of Kathak classical dance internationally
Indian classical dance

Names connected to Sitara.

The number behind Sitara.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sitara reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.