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.

Tamara Rank in US Top 1000

# 908 in the US

Tamara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 781 on Nameberry

Tamara Popularity

• 775 Nameberry 2024
• 842 Unique 2023
• 787 England 2021
• 197 Germany 2016
• 332 Mexico 2021
• 77 Hungary 2023
• 168 Poland 2020
• 32 Estonia 2023

20 Names Similar to Tamara

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• Tamar
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• Malus
• Liesa
• Carra
• Zephyrin
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• Talya
• Malika
• Ceara
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• Elisha
• Léa
• Alannah
• Laurence
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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