Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Setareh Name Meaning in Islam
Star.
- Meaning
- Star. Iranian top girls name
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- ستارہ
- Pronunciation
- se-TA-reh
- Lucky number
- 9
Is Setareh an Islamic name? Yes. Setareh is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Star. Iranian top girls name. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
Persian origin, sitāre, star. A Persian girls' name evoking the brilliant point in the sky.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Sin of secret opens, Ta of completion, Alif of origin, Ra of mercy, Ha of presence. A star made into mercy's presence.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Setareh's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Sami, the All-Hearing, carried by a person as the alertness to hear what is not being said aloud. A person named Setareh lives with more inside them than any one word can hold.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Star. Persian setareh (star). Top Iranian girls name alongside Fatemeh, Zahra, and Maryam. The girl named Setareh carries the quality of the star: clear, fixed in position, guiding, beautiful from afar. 'And We adorned the lowest heaven with lamps (masabih)' (67:5). 85 million Iranian Muslims.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Setareh
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Names sharing the س Sin influence
Like Setareh, these names carry Sin (س) as their leading letter influence.
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Setareh
What does the name Setareh mean?
Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about Setareh? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Setareh? →
Is Setareh mentioned in the Quran?
Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Setareh included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Setareh mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Setareh carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Setareh a good Islamic name?
The letters of Setareh, each with its own reading, are laid out above ↑ jump to the letters reading ↑
Is Setareh a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Setareh in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Setareh is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
What names go perfectly with Setareh as a sibling name?
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Is Setareh a rare or common Muslim name?
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