Worldwide, Тарас (Тарас 
, Taras 
, Tarass 
) is a common predominantly male, but very seldom girly forename. The given name Тарас is characteristic of Ukraine, where it is a common male name, Russia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Kazakhstan. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Ukraine, Russia, and India. Very seldom, Тарас is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Тарас | Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia |
| Taras | Italy, India, United States, Poland, Romania |
| Tarass | Germany, Ukraine, Morocco, United Kingdom, Russia |
Тарас is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Taras Bulba , the character from Nikolai Gogol's Taras Bulba; Taras Bulba , the operatic character in the opera Taras Bulba by Mykola Lysenko and Taras , the hero in Greek mythology.
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тарас федорович 17th century rebel Hetman of the Ukrainian cossacks, UA (b. 1501) |
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тарас григорович шевченко Ukrainian poet and painter (1814-1861), UA (b. 1814) |
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тарас франко UA (b. 1889) |
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тарас дмитриевич боровец Ukrainian resistance leader, UA (b. 1908) |
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| тимінський тарас UA (b. 1858) |
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рыбас, тарас михайлович Soviet writer (1919-1977), UA (b. 1919) |
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тарас сергійович кравцов Soviet composer, musicologist and music educator (1922-2013), UA (b. 1922) |
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емельянов, тарас фёдорович RU (b. 1922) |
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тарас адамович кадощук UA (b. 1929) |
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| тарас іванович харечко politician, UA (b. 1893) |
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тарас петриненко Ukrainian singer, UA (b. 1953) |
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тарас коковський Ukrainian journalist, UA (b. 1956) |
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| юшкевич, тарас васильевич UA (b. 1896) |
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| митулинский, тарас спиридонович UA (b. 1897) |
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іванків тарас степанович Ukrainian actor, UA (b. 1959) |
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