Tara is a given name with multiple meanings in different cultures.
It is also sometimes a nickname for Tamara, as an alternative to Tammy. In the Royal Engineers it is a common for a Sergeant Major to be referred to as Tara, after the wrestler who was a Sergeant Major and served in Burma during World War II, although the practice is now dying out.
The name is popular in Ireland and Australia. It was popular in the United States during the 1970s, probably due to Tara being the name of the O'Hara's plantation in the 1939 movie Gone with the Wind, and the characters Tara King in the 1960s British television series The Avengers and Tara Martin on the American soap opera All My Children in the early 1970s. In Ireland, from 2000–2005 it ranked between the 30th and 40th most popular girl's name. In Eastern Europe the name Tara means "country" or "land"; the word derives from the Wallachian area.
Since 1968 the name Tara is currently accepted as being exclusively a female name in Western societies, although there have been men who carried the name (such as Tara Browne). It is also often considered a female name in the East, due to its connection to several goddesses. For instance, Tara is a female Buddha in Buddhism and a goddess in Hinduism. Additionally, "Tara" is also a common male or female name meaning "star".
Irish Gaelic: refers to the Hill of Tara, or Teamhair na Rí, the seat of the kings of Ireland from neolithic times (c. 5000 BC) to the 6th century or later. With this reference, Tara is taken to mean "Queen".
Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Marathi, Persian, Punjabi, Kurdish, Bengali, Telugu, Sinhalese: "Star"
Variant forms include Taira, Tagarah, Tarah, Taragh, Tarra, Terra, Tera, Thara, Tarragh, and Tariogh.
Lisa Marie Varon (born 1971), professional wrestler who uses the ring name Tara
Tara (1944–2007), Indian actress in Assamese, Meitei, Punjabi and Hindi language films
Tara (born 1967), Indian actress in Kannada language films
Tara Allain (born 1985), beauty pageant participant
Tara Lynne Barr (born 1993), American actress
Tara Betts, American author
Tara Blaise (born 1975), Irish pop, folk, rock singer
Tara Bollinger (born 1979), American model and beauty queen
Tara Bouman (born 1970), Hollander basset horn, clarinet and bass clarinet player
Tara Brabazon (born 1969), Canadian professor of communication
Tara Brach (born 1953), American psychologist and expert on Buddhist meditation
Tara Brown (born 1968), Australian television presenter
Tara Buck (born 1975), American actress
Tara Buckman (born 1956), American television and film actress
Tara Calico (born 1969), American woman who disappeared
Tara Campbell (born 1983), Canadian water polo player
Tara Chatterjea (born 1937), Indian author and philosopher
Tara Conner (born 1985), Miss USA 2006
Tara Cox (born 1971), New Zealand association football player
Tara Cross-Battle (born 1968), American volleyball player
Tara Croxford (born 1968), Canadian field hockey player
Tara D'Souza, (born 1986), Indian film actress/model
Tara Dakides (born 1975), American snowboarder
Tara Deshpande (born 1975), Indian actress, writer, model, and MTV VJ
Tara Dettman, Canadian music artist and songwriter
Tara Devi (1945–2006), Nepali singer
Tara Donovan (born 1969), American artist
Tara Fela-Durotoye (born 1977), Nigerian makeup artist and lawyer
Tara Feser (born 1980), Canadian wheelchair basketball player
Tara FitzGerald (born 1967), English actress
Tara Lynn Foxx (born 1990), American hardcore pornstar
Tara George (born 1973), Canadian curler
Tara Lynn Grant (1972–2007), American woman murdered by her husband
Tara Gray (born 1979), American beauty queen
Tara Grinstead (born 1974), American woman who is missing
Tara K. Harper (born 1961), American author
Tara Lyn Hart (born 1978) Canadian singer/songwriter
Tara Hitchcock (born 1971), American journalist and news anchor
Tara Dawn Holland (born 1972), Miss America 1997
Tara Hoyos-Martínez (born 1990), English beauty pageant titleholder
Tara Hunt (born 1973), Canadian author, speaker and startup founder
Tara Hurley (born 1976), American director
Tara Iyer (born 1988), Indian tennis player
Tara Jaff, (born 1958), Iraqi Kurdish musician
Tara Jarmon, Canadian fashion designer based in Paris
Tara Jean, Australian, YouTube is- @taralily and @tarapie3.
Tara Karsian (born 1965), American stage and film actress
Tara Kemp (born 1964), American pop and R&B singer
Tara Killian (born 1977), American film and television actress
Tara Kirk (born 1982), American swimmer
Tara LaRosa (born 1978), American mixed martial artist
Tara Lemmey, American entrepreneur, technology expert, and innovation strategist
Tara Leniston (born 1983), Irish actress
Tara Lipinski (born 1982), American figure skater
Tara Llanes (born 1976), American bicycle motocross and mountain bike racer
Tara Mack (born 1983), American politician
Tara McDonald, English songwriter and vocalist
Tara MacLean (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter
Tara McKelvey, American journalist
Tara McLeod, Canadian guitarist
Tara McNeill, Irish violinist, harpiest, and singer
Tara McPherson (born 1976), American artist
Tara Moore (born 1992), English tennis player
Tara Moran (born 1971), English actress
Tara Morice (born 1964), Australian actress, singer, and dancer
Tara Moss (born 1973), Canadian-Australian author
Tara Mounsey (born 1978), American hockey player
Tara Nelson, Canadian television journalist and news anchor
Tara Newley (born 1963), American English singer and actor
Tara Nott (born 1972), American weightlifter
Tara Jane O'Neil (born 1972) (sometimes ONeil or TJO), American instrumentalist, songwriter, audio engineer, and artist
Tara Lynne O'Neill, Irish film, theatre and television actress
Tara O'Toole, American Under Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security
Tara Oram (born 1984), Canadian Country singer
Tara Osseck (born 1986), beauty pageant participant
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (1971-2017), English socialite also known as T P-T
Tara Parker-Pope, American author and columnist
Tara Leigh Patrick (born 1972), American model and entertainer, aka Carmen Electra
Tara Platt (born 1980), American film and television actress
Tara Priya (born 1989), American singer-songwriter and vocalist
Tara Proctor (born 1971), English footballer
Tara Reid (born 1975), American actress
Tara Rushton (born 1984), Australian model and actress
Tara Ruttledge (born 1991), Irish camogie player
Tara Ruttley, American scientist
Tara Sad, (born 1953) American politician
Tara Sands, (born 1975), American voice actress, television host and actress
Tara Savelo, American makeup artist for Lady Gaga
Tara Seibel (born 1973), American cartoonist, graphic designer and illustrator
Tara Sharma (born 1977), Indian actress
Tara Shtayyeh (born 1999), Palestinian
Tara Simmons (born 1984), Australian musician
Tara Singh (disambiguation), several names
Tara Slone (born 1973), Canadian rock vocalist
Tara Smith (born 1973), hair stylist
Tara Smith (born 1961), American professor of philosophy
Tara Bray Smith, (born 1970), American author
Tara Snyder (born 1977), American tennis player
Tara Spencer-Nairn (born 1978), Canadian actress
Tara Springett (born 1960), German-born English resident Buddhist therapist, teacher and author
Tara Stevens (born 1972), British journalist of Welsh extraction, based in Barcelona
Tara Stiles (born 1981), American model turned yoga instructor
Tara Strohmeier, American actress
Tara Strong (born 1973), Canadian-American actress
Tara Subkoff (born 1972), American actress and fashion designer
Tara Summers (born 1979), English actress
Tara Sutton, Canadian journalist and filmmaker
Tara Teng (born 1989), Canadian abolitionist
Tara Thompson (born 1988), American actress
Tara VanDerveer (born 1953), American basketball coach
Tara Vanflower, American vocalist
Tara Singh Varma (born 1948), Dutch politician
Tara Wall, American columnist and editor
Tara Watchorn (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
Tara Whitten (born 1980), Canadian track racing cyclist
Tara Wilson (born 1982), Canadian actress
Tara Wilson, Miss West Virginia USA
Tara Lynn Wilson (born 1982), Canadian actress
Tara June Winch (born 1983), Australian writer
Tara Campbell (born 2001), Australian YouTuber
Tara Browne (1945–1966), London socialite
Tara Chand, Pakistani politician
Tara Chandra Chaudhari, Nepalese politician
Tara Singh Hayer (1936–1998), Sikh Canadian newspaper publisher
Tara Singh Malhotra (1885–1967), Sikh political and religious leader
Derek Moore-Brabazon, 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara (1910–1974), British politician
Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara (born 1946), British politician
John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara (1884–1964), English aviator and politician
John Preston, 1st Baron Tara (1764-1821), Irish politician
Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara (1585–1655), Irish soldier
Tara Singh Ramgarhia, 18th century Sikh leader
Tara Römer (1974–1999), French actor
Şarık Tara (born 1930), Turkish billionaire and former captain of industry
Sinan Tara (born 1958), son of Şarik Tara, also Turkish billionaire and current Chairman of the Board of Directors of Enka İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş.
Tara (Buddhism), a tantric meditation deity in Tibetan Buddhism, actually the generic name for a set of similar bodhisattvas
Tara (Devi), a Hindu goddess and consort of Shiva
Tara of Helium, a princess in the Barsoom novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tara, a sword and sorcery heroine in DC Comics' Warlord
Tara (comics), an android in Marvel Comics' New Invaders
Tara in the film Shrooms
Tara Belle, a character in the cartoon Beverly Hills Teens
Tara Gregson, DID character in Showtime TV series United States of Tara
Tara (Kim Possible) in the TV series Kim Possible
Tara of The Herculoids
Tara Duncan, heroine of a series of French novels by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian
Tara Fremont, also called "Tara, the Jungle Girl" and "Too Tall Tara", a superhero in AC Comics
Tara King in TV series The Avengers
Tara Knowles in TV series Sons of Anarchy
Tara*Starr Lane in the novels P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More by Ann M. Martin and Paula Danziger
Tara Maclay in TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Tara Mandal, character on the soap opera Coronation Street
Tara Markov, the first alter ego of Terra, in DC Comics
Tara Mehta, an incarnate deity in Virgin Comics' Devi comic book
Tara Price, character on the crime drama CSI: Miami
Tara Reynolds, character from the soap opera Emmerdale
Tara Thornton in the TV series True Blood
Tara Wilson (Boston Legal) in TV series The Practice and its spinoff Boston Legal
Tara in the TV series, Dance Academy
Tara from Dragon Quest Monsters 2 for the Game Boy Color
Tara Chambler in the hit Television Series The Walking Dead
Tara (Madison Pettis) from Mostly Ghostly series and Movie on Disney Channel
Tara Desai in the TV series Twisted
Tara Russell from Downpatrick absolute Irish legend
