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Kitara

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How to Pronounce Kitara

Pronounced kih-TAR-uh /kɪˈtɑːr.ə/Low

Meaning: Kitara reads first as a modern name joining the Ki- prefix to Tara, an Irish name for a sacred hill and a Sanskrit name for a star and goddess. The spelling also recalls the Greek kithara, the ancient stringed lyre that gave us the word guitar, and the historic Kitara realm of East Africa. The American route is likely a Ki-plus-Tara coinage, with these echoes noted.Low

In 30 seconds: Kitara is a rare girls' name, a Ki- plus Tara build echoing the ancient lyre kithara. It appeared briefly around the early twenty-tens (said kih-TAR-uh).
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Origin LowAmerican
MeaningKitara reads first as a modern name joining the Ki- prefix to Tara, an Irish name for a sacred hill and a Sanskrit name for a star and goddess. The spelling also recalls the Greek kithara, the ancient stringed lyre that gave us the word guitar, and the historic Kitara realm of East Africa. The American route is likely a Ki-plus-Tara coinage, with these echoes noted.
U.S. rank (2021)#16543 ↘ Falling
2021 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year2011
Total births (all-time)≈ 151

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 201119902021

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Kitara is most plausibly a Ki- plus Tara coinage, with Tara itself carrying Irish and Sanskrit meaning. Its sound also touches the Greek kithara, an old lyre, and the East African Kitara kingdom, giving it several pleasant echoes. We lead with the likely coinage and note the others honestly rather than claiming one deep root.

Kitara surfaced in small numbers around the early twenty-tens and stayed rare, one of many Ki- and -tara coinages of recent years. A girl named Kitara at its peak is still a teenager today, marking it a very recent name.

Did you know? Kitara sounds like kithara, the ancient Greek lyre whose name is the distant ancestor of the modern word guitar.
Overall data confidence 30%
References - Kitara — Ki- + Tara coinage; echoes Greek kithara (lyre) and Kitara realm; routes noted.

Variations

KitarraKitharaKetaraKytara

Nicknames

KitTara

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Kitara mean?

It is a modern Ki- plus Tara build; it also echoes the Greek 'kithara' (a lyre) and the East African Kitara realm.

How do you pronounce Kitara?

It is said kih-TAR-uh /kɪˈtɑːr.ə/ - three syllables, stress on the middle.

Is Kitara a boy or girl name?

Kitara is used as a girls' name.

How popular is Kitara?

It was always very rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen girls a year even at its peak in the early twenty-tens, and never common.

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