Tamara

Tamara: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “date palm”
Origin: Hebrew
Say it: tuh-MAR-uh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

From a form of Tamar, the Hebrew word for the date palm. Tamara became widespread through Slavic and Russian usage.

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How popular is Tamara?

202435.0 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Tamara in 2024115

2024 rank#1,752 girls

Peak year1974

Total US babies since 1880131,587

Tamara is fading: recent use is about 61% of its level ten years before.

Names like Tamara

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Tamara questions

What does the name Tamara mean?

Tamara means "date palm". It comes from Hebrew. From a form of Tamar, the Hebrew word for the date palm. Tamara became widespread through Slavic and Russian usage.

Is Tamara a boy or girl name?

Tamara is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tamara?

115 US babies were named Tamara in 2024. Its peak year was 1974.

How do you pronounce Tamara?

Tamara is usually pronounced tuh-MAR-uh.

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.