Given name & surname · also Slovene

Sitar

“sieve, net”

Sitar is a surname from Slovene, ultimately from Slovak. It is used in English and Romanian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sitar goes back to a word meaning “sieve, net.”

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Where it comes from

Sitar comes from Slovene, and ultimately from Slovak.

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How it developed

From Slovene Sitar, from Czech Sitař, from Slovak Sitár.

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Sitar’s family of names

In English usage, Sitar as a surname was borrowed from the Czech form Sitař. In English usage, Sitar as a surname was borrowed from the Slovak form Sitár. In Greek usage, Sitar as a surname is a transliteration of Σιτάρ.

Walk Sitar’s family in the name graph

SitarΣιτάρSitárSitař

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Sitar, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slovak

Cizik

“siskin”

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Slovene

Sisko

“sister”

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Slovene

Pintar

Pintar is a surname from Slovene.

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Czech

Rybar

Rybar is a surname from Slovak, ultimately from Czech.

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Slovene

Hribar

Hribar is a surname from Slovene. It is used in English and Slovene.

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Slovak

Sotak

Sotak is a surname from Slovak.

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Slovene

Sirk

Sirk is a surname from Slovene. It is used in English and Slovene.

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Slavic

Sostak

“sixth”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Sitar’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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