Taara for a girl?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tara is also an Iranian name and we pronounce it as Tahra. The Taara spelling is incorrect English so I wouldn't go with that. For other indian names easy to pronounce in English I also like Meera and Leela.

Both names that should, if "correct English" is used, as Mira and Lila. Just sayin'

[Anonymous]

Actually that's not true. There are plenty of words in English with "ee" in them as in 'Meera" but none with "aa" as in Taara.

[Anonymous]

Double aa would take on the air sound OP doesn't want. Example: Aaron.

[Anonymous]

To clarify, there are no English words with "aa" in the middle of them.

[Anonymous]

What about Tahra?

[Anonymous]

My name is Tara (rhymes with Laura)! It's Indian. People call me Tara (rhymes with Sara) constantly, even after I correct them or introduce myself as Tara (rhymes with Laura). I am half Indian and it means "star." Also common in parts of the Middle East, especially Iraq and I think Iran, meaning roughly the same thing. Just be prepared to correct people... constantly. I have always thought maybe if my parents spelled it with two R's that would help? Tarra?

[Anonymous]

Follow up on my post above, no one will ever get the Indian T sound correctly but assuming you just want a hard T, even that's a challenge.

[Anonymous]

But Tara pronounced in the Indian way does not rhyme with Laura! Very interesting that you pronounce it that way.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it doesn't but growing up in the US it's how my parents decided to pronounce it and how I tell people to pronounce it - you have to be flexible with ethnic names I think...

[Anonymous]

I also work with Arabs so I get the Arabic pronunciation at work. The message is - be flexible, pick a pronunciation and be prepared to correct people lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But Tara pronounced in the Indian way does not rhyme with Laura! Very interesting that you pronounce it that way.

I think PP pronounces Laura the British way - how we would pronounce Lara.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it doesn't but growing up in the US it's how my parents decided to pronounce it and how I tell people to pronounce it - you have to be flexible with ethnic names I think...

Wait, so you pronounce your name, spelled Tara, as Torah? To me, that rhymes with Laura.

[Anonymous]

You're going to have to correct people's pronunciation no matter how you spell the name.

Might as well keep the spelling simple then, and go with the more common "Tara".

[Anonymous]

It's pronounced Tara like Tar (rhymes with Star with American accent) - a. Sorry, my mid atlantic accent makes it rhyme with Laura which it might not for other people!

[Anonymous]

Tar-uh according to original poster. It's a really great, international name just as long as you're prepared to correct people!