Star Forename

15,005th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 64,061 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Star Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: A celestial body, appearing as a lumi­nous point.

Star Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan
 
91%
38,2241:853160
United States
100%
9,2881:39,0332,404
Egypt
65%
 
4,1641:22,0701,640
Yemen-2,0741:12,679767
Saudi Arabia-1,1661:26,4263,414
India
73%
 
1,0521:1,154,82772,131
Bangladesh-9161:174,0849,484
Malawi
 
63%
8461:20,2271,818
Russia
67%
 
4891:294,9563,854
China-4641:2,944,08647,646
DR Congo
92%
 
4521:163,3357,629
Sri Lanka-4291:48,4835,248
Canada
100%
3641:91,0264,799
Nigeria
 
62%
3641:487,81415,469
Philippines
 
82%
3611:293,65511,558
Morocco-3281:104,7213,418
Zimbabwe
68%
 
2841:54,3094,620
Pakistan
 
54%
2461:790,07215,222
Poland
50%
 
2361:161,1323,078
Australia-2181:62,6502,725
South Africa
79%
 
2111:258,44915,339
Indonesia-1511:1,708,36991,533
England
 
89%
1411:394,3479,116
Algeria-1221:312,9243,842
Iraq-821:427,0475,132
Botswana
100%
791:27,6513,112
Brazil-761:2,818,89753,172
Tanzania
 
53%
651:812,12818,190
Sweden
64%
 
621:158,9985,968
Thailand
 
63%
591:1,187,55640,507
Kazakhstan
 
70%
561:316,9085,770
Cyprus
 
80%
541:16,1311,153
Cambodia
 
58%
521:312,9498,245
Portugal-461:226,3234,580
Malaysia
78%
 
431:708,13827,785
Netherlands
57%
 
401:422,55211,255
Turkey
90%
 
361:2,161,15914,782
Zambia-361:440,41110,751
Mexico
100%
341:3,651,30716,729
Dominican Republic-311:336,49311,264
Belgium
 
63%
291:396,2087,054
Iran-291:2,706,78914,408
Singapore-231:273,3509,239
Israel
 
74%
211:400,1398,803
New Zealand-211:216,0027,140
Hong Kong-201:387,6363,995
Belarus
100%
171:557,7873,467
France
100%
161:4,154,39618,164
Libya-161:388,8321,019
Oman-161:256,7923,659
Taiwan
100%
161:1,485,60545,572
United Arab Emirates-161:447,00016,807
Congo
50%
 
141:357,8007,134
Germany
67%
 
141:6,905,56325,447
Kenya-141:3,307,65122,394
Greece
 
71%
131:841,1198,698
South Korea-131:426,49411,600
Italy
 
82%
121:5,088,50823,387
Norway
55%
 
121:427,6948,125
Niger-111:1,743,99922,373
Vietnam-111:8,420,2833,954
Spain-101:4,652,99615,347
Antigua and Barbuda-91:11,0441,733
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Tunisia-91:75,2113,284
Uzbekistan
50%
 
91:3,420,7168,576
Cameroon
80%
 
81:2,701,31352,296
Qatar-81:296,20131,456
Scotland
100%
81:668,7967,564
Wales
100%
81:386,7895,520
Armenia
 
75%
71:416,9655,243
Colombia-71:6,825,56133,843
Guam-71:22,9492,164
Jordan-71:1,260,9686,027
Nepal-71:4,069,62246,681
Ireland
60%
 
61:773,9206,824
American Samoa-61:9,3081,982
Liberia
100%
61:735,34418,173
Papua New Guinea
67%
 
61:1,358,71989,225
Switzerland
67%
 
61:1,368,91614,223
Syria-61:3,217,6795,023
Uganda
50%
 
61:6,826,15353,479
Bahrain-41:337,1684,986
Benin-41:2,643,96145,199
Ecuador-41:4,431,73016,276
Guatemala-41:4,027,1077,742
Haiti-41:2,681,73823,796
Japan-41:31,996,51455,536
Romania-41:5,012,99431,756
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Tajikistan-41:2,093,7305,016
Finland
75%
 
31:1,827,72814,078
Peru-31:10,597,15158,549
Senegal-31:4,860,45220,187
Albania-21:1,523,28533,816
Brunei-21:209,7852,478
Chile-21:8,803,60433,591
Croatia-21:2,108,53815,895
Cuba-21:5,753,2769,613
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Ivory Coast-21:11,537,96695,271
Kyrgyzstan-21:2,986,63834,954
Moldova-21:1,780,5707,407
Namibia-21:1,202,09012,702
Serbia-21:3,572,8608,125
Venezuela
 
67%
21:15,100,946147,145
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Azerbaijan
100%
11:9,642,94442,290
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belize-11:354,3097,663
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Mauritania-11:4,095,23927,701
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-11:111,5807,062
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056

Star (42,133) may also be a surname.

Star Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: A celestial body, appearing as a lumi­nous point.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Star Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Starr8977,890/
Stare89574/
Start89496/
Stair89254/
Stard89107/
Sttar8987/
Sthar8952/
Staar8936/
Starz8931/
Stahr8919/
Stear8918/
Starh8913/
Sstar899/
Starp899/
Shtar895/
Jstar894/
Staur893/
Hstar891/
Stasr891/
Sıtar891/
Zstar891/
Staurt80206/
Starre8075/
Pstarh8031/
Stahar8010/
Staire809/
Steart809/
Sthair806/
Staart805/
Steard802/
Staarr801/
Sttart801/
Starrz801/
Starzz801/
Stahrr801/
Stharh801/
Stharr801/
Jstarr801/
Sdtarr801/
Ssttar801/
Shttar801/
Shtarr801/
Shstar801/
Hstaar801/
S-Tair801/
Staarz801/
Sstarr801/
Sstart801/
Stayre801/
Stthar801/
Starpp801/
Sttarr801/
Sttaar801/
Shtarh801/
Stor75224/
Stwr751/
Ztar751/
Xtar751/
Stahare7327/
Sehetar735/
Sutariu732/
Staheer732/
S'Taire731/
Starova731/
Starȗɏȁ731/
Sthahar731/
Schtair731/
Store671,515/
Stour6745/
Chtar6726/
Sthor6713/
Steyr6712/
Storr6711/
Stoor6710/
Storz6710/
Steur679/
Sehettar678/
Steir677/
Wstry673/
Storp672/
Shtor672/
Ssttaarr672/
Stort671/
Stoir671/
Stord671/
Stotr671/
Åstor671/
Psitaree671/

Star Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Star in the Russian language
Старstar-

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