Tara
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century and later usage. Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Tara (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tara has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 11 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 13 |
| 2001 | 16 |
| 2002 | 18 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 27 |
| 2005 | 27 |
| 2006 | 31 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2008 | 24 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2010 | 15 |
| 2011 | 20 |
| 2012 | 19 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2014 | 21 |
| 2015 | 27 |
| 2016 | 30 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 28 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 281 |
| 2000 | 311 |
| 2001 | 344 |
| 2002 | 375 |
| 2003 | 395 |
| 2004 | 427 |
| 2005 | 469 |
| 2006 | 510 |
| 2007 | 556 |
| 2008 | 598 |
| 2009 | 630 |
| 2010 | 660 |
| 2011 | 688 |
| 2012 | 712 |
| 2013 | 742 |
| 2014 | 769 |
| 2015 | 806 |
| 2016 | 855 |
| 2017 | 896 |
| 2018 | 923 |
| 2019 | 952 |
| 2020 | 989 |
Tara in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tara.Hi! My name is Tara.
- Tara bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Tara lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Tara har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Tara has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Taras mamma är lärare.Tara's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Taras mamma is Tara's mum.
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Questions about Tara
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What does the name Tara mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century and later usage. Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.
How popular is Tara in Sweden?
28 babies were named Tara in 2022. In 2020, 989 people in Sweden had Tara as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.