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 [ 3 syll. ta-ma-ra, tam-ara ] The girl name Tamara is pronounced TahMAARah KEY. Tamara has its origins in the Hebrew language, and it is used largely in English, German, Hungarian, and Russian. Biblical name derived from the element tamar with the meaning 'date palm, palm tree'. Tamar (Hebrew) and Thamar (Hebrew) are older forms of the name. The name was borne in the Bible by four characters, including Absalom's sister who was raped by her half-brother Amnon; she was also King David's daughter. It was also borne by the beautiful daughter of Absalom, which has promoted the popularity of the name among Christians. The name Tamara is used to a great extent; it has 45 variants that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variants of Tamara include Mara (also used in Hebrew, Italian, Slavic, German, Hungarian, and Czech), Tamaa, Tamala, Tamar (also used in Hebrew and Turkish), Tamaria, Tamarria, Tamatha, Tambra, Tamela, Tamer, Tamesha, Tamiah, Tamisha, Tammra, Tamor, Tamour, Tamra, Tamrah, Tamya, and Tamyra. Other English forms include the short forms Tam (also used in Hebrew) and Tama (also used in Russian), the pet forms Tami, Tamia, Tamie, Tamma, Tammi, Tammie, Tammy, and Tamy, and the spelling variants Tamarah, Tamarra, Tamera, Tamira, Tamirra, Tammara, Tammera, Tammerah, Tamora, and Tamura. Tamarka (Russian), Tamary (Polish), Thamar (Hebrew), and Tomochka (Russian) are variants of Tamara that are used in foreign languages. The pet form Toma (Russian) is another foreign variant. Tamara is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for girls, though it was in more widespread use previously. The name's popularity grew from the 1930s up to the 1970s; before that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 1974, 0.289% of baby girls were named Tamara. Its ranking then was #63. The baby name has since experienced a substantial drop in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #818 with a usage of 0.017%. Within the group of girl names directly related to Tamara, Tamia (English) was the most popular. It was 59% more popular than Tamara in 2008. Baby names that sound like Tamara include Tamarah (English), Tamarra (English), Tamary (Polish), Tamera (English), Tamira (English), Tamirra (English), Tammara (English), Tammera (English), Tammerah (English), Tamora (English), Tamura (English), Tamyra (English), Temira (Hebrew), Timora (Hebrew), Tamar (English, Hebrew, and Turkish), Tamaria (English), Tamarria (English), Tamer (English), Tammra (English), and Tamor (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Tamara: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
