Given name & surname
Tarea
“a bending branch”
Tarea is a variant of Taree. One Japanese interpretation is “a bending branch.”
Original Hebrewתארע
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tarea is a variant of Taree. One Japanese interpretation is “a bending branch.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tarea is a variant of Taree. An origin associated with Taree is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Possibly from the Hebrew verb hr' (חרע), “to discern or be clever.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Tarea appears in 1 Chronicles 8:35, 1 Chronicles 9:41.
- 1 Chronicles 8:35
- 1 Chronicles 9:41
From biblical name research
Tarea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 0 boys · 79 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 9 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 8 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 134 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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