Tamara

Hebrew
"date palm tree"

Tamara Origin and Meaning

The name Tamara is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "date palm tree".

Adding a final a to Tamar lends it a more sensual Slavic tone, making it a more popular choice than the original.

# 908 in the US

Tamara Rank in US Top 1000

# 775 on Nameberry

Tamara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Tamara Popularity

Famous People Named Tamara

  • Tamara the Great
    medieval Georgian ruler
  • Tamara Braun
    American actress
  • Tamara Feldman
    American actress
  • Tamara de Lempicka
    Polish artist
  • Tamara Karsavina
    Russian ballerina
  • Tamara McKinney
    American skier
  • Tamara Baldwin
    daughter of Led Zeppelin rocker John Paul Jones
  • Tamara Filipovic
    Serbian singer
  • Tamara Ecclestone
    British/Croatian TV personality
  • Tamara Buciuceanu
    Romanian actress
  • Tamara Taylor
    Canadian actress
  • Tamara Jenkins
    American screenwriter, actress and director
  • Tamara Semyonovna Tsereteli
    Georgian singer
  • Tamara Gee (Tamara Diane Timmer
    Gołębiewska) aka Isis Gee, American,Polish singer
  • Charlie Tamara Tulip O'Connell
    daughter of American actor Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn

Tamara in Pop Culture

  • "Tamara Drewe
    " comic strip by Posy Simmonds and 2010 film
  • Tamara Kaplan
    character on MTV's "Awkward."
  • Tamara Donner
    character in "The Sims 3" computer game
  • Tamara "Tammy" Swanson aka Tammy Zero
    Ron Swanson's mother on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
  • Tamara Roxanne Hatcher
    character in Judy Blume's "Fudge" series