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Tacara
How to Pronounce Tacara
Pronounced tuh-KAR-uh /tΙΛkΙΛr.Ι/Medium
Meaning: Tacara is an invented name of the 1980s with no single documented root. It most plausibly reworks Tara (Irish 'hill', from the Hill of Tara; also Sanskrit 'star') or echoes Japanese Takara, 'treasure', reshaped with a Ta-/-cara frame. Its stress and spelling mark it as an American coinage.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Tacara is best read as an original coinage. It leans toward Tara β Irish for 'hill' (the ancient Hill of Tara) and Sanskrit for 'star' β or toward Japanese Takara, 'treasure', restyled with a fresh opening syllable. No fixed dictionary meaning attaches to the exact form.
It was always rare, drawing a few dozen girls a year around its early-1980s high and trailing off afterward. Because its origin is genuinely uncertain, Tacara reads simply as a pretty, made-at-home name of its decade rather than an inherited or reviving one.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Tacara mean?
Tacara is a modern coinage with no fixed meaning, most likely reworking Tara ('hill/star') or Takara ('treasure').
How do you pronounce Tacara?
It's said tuh-KAR-uh /tΙΛkΙΛr.Ι/ β three syllables, stress in the middle.
Is Tacara a boy or girl name?
Tacara is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Tacara?
Tacara was always rare, a coinage that peaked in the early nineteen-eighties and never became common.