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Chatara
How to Pronounce Chatara
Pronounced chuh-TAR-uh /tʃəˈtɑr.ə/Medium
Meaning: Chatara is a modern African American coinage that fronts the Cha- prefix onto Tara. Tara means 'star' in Sanskrit and names the Hill of Tara in Ireland; Chatara borrows that resonant element while its Cha- opening gives it a fresh, personal shape.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Chatara is a modern African American coinage that adds the Cha- prefix to Tara, a name meaning 'star' in Sanskrit and famous as the Hill of Tara in Irish tradition. Prefixed -tara names spread among Black families in the 1980s, and Chatara belongs to that group. It appears in United States records from the mid-1980s and touched its faint high in the late 1980s.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak, so a Chatara from that high would be in her thirties today. It reads as an of-its-era coinage rather than a revival, and its Tara core is its warm center.
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What does the name Chatara mean?
It joins the Cha- prefix with Tara, which means 'star' in Sanskrit and names the Hill of Tara in Ireland.
How do you pronounce Chatara?
It's said chuh-TAR-uh /tʃəˈtɑr.ə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Chatara a boy or girl name?
Chatara is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Chatara?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-eighties.