Ishtar name - Meaning of Ishtar

Ishtar name - Meaning of Ishtar

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Gender
Feminine
Lucky Number
3
See Lucky Number 3 Meaning
Usage
Near Eastern Mythology, Arabic
Pronounced
ISH-tahr (English)
Ishtar Meaning
Meaning unknown. Ishtar was the Babylonian and Assyrian mother goddess who presided over love, war and fertility. She was called Ashtoreth by the Phoenicians, and she was also identified with the Sumerian goddess Inanna. Ishtar originates in Assyrian and she was the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love, war, fertility and sex. As a feminine given name it is very rare in the United States.

Ishtar Related Names
Variants: 'Ashtoret, Ashtoreth, Astarte
Other Languages: Ashtoreth (Biblical), Astarte (Biblical Greek), 'Ashtoret (Biblical Hebrew)


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