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Tama - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Tama

[ 2 syll. ta-ma, tam-a ] The girl name Tama is pronounced TAAMah KEY.

1: Tama's origin is Native American, and its use, English. The name is of the meaning 'thunderbolt'.

2: Tama is of Japanese origin. Here, the meaning is 'jewel'.

In addition, Tama is an English and Russian short form of the English, German, Hungarian, and Russian Tamara.

Tama is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Tama, Tamara (English, German, Hungarian, and Russian) was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Tama include Tomma (Frisian and German), Tahnee (English), Taima, Taina (English), Tamaa (English), Tami (English and Japanese), Tamie (English), Tamma (English), Tammi (English), Tammie (English), Tammy (English), Tamy (English), Tanaya (Indian), Tani (Japanese, English, and Hausa), Tania (English, Italian, and Romanian), Tanya (English and Russian), Tatum (English), Tauna (English), Tauni (English), and Tawna (English).

KEY: English pronunciation for Tama: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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