Setareh

/S-EH-HH-T-AA-R-EH-HH/

Girl MuslimZoroastrian Persian origin OtherPersian

Star — from Persian setāreh, descended from Avestan stār, ‘star,’ a cousin of English star and Greek astēr. A celestial, graceful Persian feminine name woven through the star-imagery of Persian poetry.

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Meaning & origin

Setareh is a girl's name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families. The name means "Star — from Persian setāreh, descended from Avestan stār, ‘star,’ a cousin of English star and Greek astēr. A celestial, graceful Persian feminine name woven through the star-imagery of Persian poetry." and belongs to the Divine cluster — names rooted in sacred meaning and spiritual tradition.

Beyond its Muslim heritage, Setareh is also used in Zoroastrian traditions, reflecting how this name has traveled across cultures.

Common among Other, Persian families, Setareh carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Setareh

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Setareh resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
4
stability and disciplined work
Chaldean
7
introspection and spiritual wisdom

How Setareh sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Setareh breaks down into 8 phonemes: /S-EH-HH-T-AA-R-EH-HH/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Setareh — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

SetaSeti

The six signals, applied to Setareh

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01 — Birth Star
Nakshatra match
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02 — Numerology
Destiny alignment
Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 4) matched against your family's own numerology profile.
03 — Phonetics
Last-name fit
Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Setareh flows with your family name.
04 — Meaning
Divine
Setareh belongs to the Divine cluster — names rooted in sacred meaning and spiritual tradition.
05 — Cultural & Tradition
Muslim
As a Muslim name, Setareh carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.
06 — Uniqueness
Popularity balance
How common Setareh is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Setareh

If Setareh resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Muslim girl names, common in Other families

Fatima
She who abstains, the shining one — Fatima al-Zahra is the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad and the mother of his grandsons Hasan and Husayn. Revered across all branches of Islam as the foremost woman of paradise, her name carries maternal devotion, spiritual purity, and the luminous grace of one called 'the Radiant' by her own father
Maryam
The exalted one, the only woman named in the Quran — Maryam mother of Isa is honoured in an entire surah bearing her name, praised as the woman chosen above all women of all worlds. Her name bridges Islam and Christianity with shared reverence, carrying purity, miraculous grace, and the courage of a mother who bore her child alone beneath a palm tree
Layla
Night, the intoxicating darkness of a desert evening — Layla is the legendary beloved of Majnun in the greatest love story of Arabic literature, the woman whose beauty drove a poet to madness and exile. Her name carries the romance of starlit sand dunes, the mystery of dark hair against moonlight, and the ache of a love too intense for the daylit world
Yasmin
Jasmine, the night-blooming flower whose fragrance intensifies after sunset — Yasmin is the Persian gift to the world's gardens, a vine that climbs walls and releases its sweetest perfume in the darkness

Sharing the same meaning

Other Muslim girl names from the Divine cluster

Amina
Trustworthy, faithful, she in whom others place their confidence without hesitation — Amina was the mother of Prophet Muhammad, the woman who carried the light of prophecy within her
Meryem
Turkish form of Maryam, revered as a pure and honored mother name
Mariam
A variant rendering of the mother of Isa, carrying the same exalted holiness in a slightly softer phonetic form — Mariam is the spelling preferred in many South Asian and African Muslim communities, and its gentle final syllable gives it a distinctive tenderness that distinguishes it from the more formal Maryam while sharing every particle of its sacred weight

Names that sound similar

Muslim girl names that open with the same syllables as Setareh

Sekar
Flower (Javanese) — Sekar (Javanese, from Old Javanese sekar 'flower') is the foundational Javanese word for flower. Used in classical Javanese poetry titles (sekar macapat — Javanese flower-meter poetic forms) and as a feminine name evoking floral grace. The Javanese-poetic flower-vocabulary is rich; sekar is its foundation.
Sehr
Dawn, the first light of morning, from Arabic-Persian sahar, the hour before sunrise and the time of the Suhur meal during Ramadan fasting. Cherished in Persian-Urdu poetry for its imagery of breaking day, the name gives its bearer the fresh promise and pale brightness of a new morning.
Selina
A Bengali Muslim feminine name made locally familiar through literary and public life

Common questions about Setareh

What does the name Setareh mean?

Setareh means "Star — from Persian setāreh, descended from Avestan stār, ‘star,’ a cousin of English star and Greek astēr. A celestial, graceful Persian feminine name woven through the star-imagery of Persian poetry.." It is a girl name of Persian origin, traditionally used in Muslim families.

Is Setareh a boy or girl name?

Setareh is most commonly used as a girl name.

What is the origin of the name Setareh?

Setareh is of Persian origin, used in Muslim, Zoroastrian traditions, commonly among Other, Persian families.

What are common nicknames for Setareh?

Common short forms of Setareh include Seta, Seti.

What is the numerology of Setareh?

Setareh has a Pythagorean destiny number of 4 — stability and disciplined work.

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