Tara ( given name ) - wikipedia Tara ( given name ) This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2009 ) Tara Gender Female Origin Word / name Gaelic, Sanskrit Meaning Queen Star Goddess of the sea Diamond Other names Related names Tarja Tara is a given name with multiple meanings in different cultures. 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. 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 Asia, due to its connection to several goddesses. For instance, Tara is a female Buddha in Buddhism and a goddess in Hinduism. Contents 1 Meanings in different languages 2 People named Tara 2.1 Women 2.2 Men 3 Deities 4 Fictional characters Meanings in different languages Irish Gaelic : refers to the Hill of Tara, or Teamhair na Rí, the seat of the kings of Ireland from neolithic times ( c. 5000 ac ) 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 '' In Serbia the name is often associated with the mountain of Tara People named Tara Women Tara ( actress ) ( 1944 -- 2007 ), Indian actress in Assamese, Meitei, Punjabi and Hindi language films Tara ( Kannada actress ) ( 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 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 George ( born 1973 ), Canadian curler Tara Geraghty - Moats ( born 1993 ), American ski jumper 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 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 Morgan ( born 1989 ), Australian rules footballer 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 Govind Sapre ( 1919 -- 1981 ), Indian National Congress politician 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 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 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 Lynn Wilson ( born 1982 ), Canadian actress Tara June Winch ( born 1983 ), Australian writer Men Tara Browne ( 1945 -- 1966 ), London socialite Tara Chand ( Pakistani politician ), Pakistani politician Tara Singh Hayer ( 1936 -- 1998 ), Sikh Canadian newspaper publisher Tara Singh Malhotra ( 1885 -- 1967 ), Sikh political and religious leader Tara Singh Ramgarhia, 18th century Sikh leader Tara Römer ( 1974 -- 1999 ), French actor Deities 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 Fictional characters Tara o ' 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 ( Kim Possible ) in the TV series Kim Possible Tara in The Herculoids Tara Belle in the cartoon Beverly Hills Teens Tara Chambler in the TV series The Walking Dead Tara Desai in the TV series Twisted 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 Gregson, DID character in Showtime TV series United States of Tara Tara King in the TV series The Avengers Tara Knowles in the 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 the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tara Mandal in 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 in the crime drama CSI : Miami Tara Rafferty in the Irish television series Striking Out Tara Reynolds in the soap opera Emmerdale Tara Thornton in the TV series True Blood Tara Wilson ( Boston Legal ) in the TV series The Practice and its spinoff Boston Legal Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. 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Question: is tara a boy or girl's name
Answer: Female