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Tamar

Tamar: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“date palm”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
TAH-mar · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (87% of all uses)

A biblical Hebrew name borne by figures in the Old Testament. Tamar is used in Jewish communities and also appears in Georgian and Armenian usage.

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How popular is Tamar?

202423.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tamar in 202477

2024 rank#2,362 girls

Peak year1977

Total US babies since 18806,968

Tamar has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Tamar

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Tamaradate palm · Hebrew
  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
  • Naomipleasantness · Hebrew
  • Hannahgrace; favor · Hebrew
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Delilahdelicate · Hebrew

Tamar questions

What does the name Tamar mean?

Tamar means "date palm". It comes from Hebrew. A biblical Hebrew name borne by figures in the Old Testament. Tamar is used in Jewish communities and also appears in Georgian and Armenian usage.

Is Tamar a boy or girl name?

Tamar is mainly a girl's name in US records (87% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tamar?

77 US babies were named Tamar in 2024. Its peak year was 1977.

How do you pronounce Tamar?

Tamar is usually pronounced TAH-mar.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.