First name origin & meaning:

Celtic, Gaelic, Hindi: Rocky hill; tower

First name variations: Taria, Taryn

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Polish: nickname from dialect tarać się ‘to roll or welter’.
  2. Indian (Panjab): Sikh name, probably from Panjabi tārā ‘star’ (Sanskrit tāraka). It is based on the name of a Jat tribe.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Keith Richards, Oliver Stone

This name appears in the following lists: Country Stars, Names from Mythology/Legends, Olympic Medalists

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