Entry № 10357 · Sanskrit origin

Taraka Taraka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAH-rah-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Star / savior"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "star / savior".

Taraka is from the Sanskrit Tārakā.

Star / savior — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

तारका
Transliteration
Tārakā
Pronunciation
/ ˈtɑː.rə.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Taraka stands.

Taraka 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.

Tarakas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Mahavidyas Tara / Tibetan Green Tara
Sanskrit star savior + Mahavidyas ten Tantric Goddesses + Tibetan Buddhism Green Tara + White Tara + Hindu Shakta + Mahabharata wife of Brihaspati
Hindu Buddhist

Names connected to Taraka.

The number behind Taraka.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Taraka reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.