Entry № 9421 · Persian origin

Setareh Setareh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ seh-TAH-reh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Star"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "star".

Setareh (ستاره) is the Persian word for "star" — the same root as Sanskrit tara.

Setareh is widely used in modern Iran.

Star. The Persian word.

The name in its native script.

ستاره
Transliteration
Setāreh
Pronunciation
/ səˈtɑː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Setareh stands.

Setareh does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Setarehs before her.

Real people
Setareh Hosseini
Iranian-Canadian filmmaker.
In fiction
Setareh
Common in Persian fiction.

Names connected to Setareh.

The number behind Setareh.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Setareh reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.