Given name & surname
Makara
“the seven stars that make up the Pleiades”
Makara is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the seven stars that make up the Pleiades.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the seven stars that make up the Pleiades.”
Where it comes from
Makara comes from Polish, and ultimately from Ukrainian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ingrian usage, Makara developed from Μακάριος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Makara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 212
- 0 boys · 212 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 409 as a first name in 2020; 614 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Makara’s family of names
In Ingrian usage, Makara developed from the Ancient Greek form Μακάριος. In Ingrian usage, Makara has a conventional equivalent in the English form Macarius. Makara has a related form in Makarah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Makara has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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