Tarana
The name carries the sense of "music, song". Only about 50 women in Poland go by it, so most Poles have never met one.
Tarana Pronunciation
Tarana is pronounced tah-RAH-nah (/taˈrana/).
What Tarana means
Where Tarana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tarana begins in sound. The name sits under an origin marked plainly as "other," set apart from the Latin and Slavic roots most Polish names lean on. Its short meaning stays close: music, song.
The Persian word tarâna means song or melody. In Hindustani classical music, a tarana is a fast vocal piece built from rhythmic syllables in place of lyrics. Tradition credits its invention to the poet Amir Khusrau, who worked in the 13th and 14th centuries. The name reaches back to a form people actually sang.
Read out from a Polish class register, Tarana would stand among names with older local histories. It has no diminutives or variants recorded here, no name-day of its own. The meaning holds: music, song.
How many people are named Tarana
1 in 433535 women in Poland is named Tarana. 52 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5232 among female names.