Tare: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tare – Meaning: An old word for a weed that grows among grain, especially in the biblical parable of the wheat and the tares – Origin: Middle English – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: TAIR


Tare is a Middle English unisex name meaning “An old word for a weed that grows among grain, especially in the biblical parable of the wheat and the tares”. It appears in our list of 200+ Botanical Baby Names for Nature-Loving Parents.

Meaning & Origin of Tare

Meaning: An old word for a weed that grows among grain, especially in the biblical parable of the wheat and the tares.

Origin: Middle English.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Tare

Phonetic: TAIR   IPA: /tɛər/

Popularity of Tare

Tare doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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