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Worldwide, Sitar (ستار , Sitar , Sitař ) is a common largely male, but infrequently female first name. The first name Sitar is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a common masculine name, Syria, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Libya. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Iraq, India, and Egypt. Very seldom, Sitar is the last name as well as the forename.
Sitar is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .