Tamra

Tamra: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “date palm”
Origin: Hebrew
Say it: TAM-ruh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually a variant of Tamara, from Hebrew Tamar meaning 'date palm'. Tamra is also occasionally used as an independent simplified spelling.

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How popular is Tamra?

20240 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 Tamra in 20240

Peak year1959

Total US babies since 188013,715

Tamra was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Tamra

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Tammypalm tree · Hebrew
Tamaradate palm · Hebrew
Tamidate palm · Hebrew
Tameradate palm · Hebrew
Tammiedate palm · Hebrew
Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew

Tamra questions

What does the name Tamra mean?

Tamra means "date palm". It comes from Hebrew. Usually a variant of Tamara, from Hebrew Tamar meaning 'date palm'. Tamra is also occasionally used as an independent simplified spelling.

Is Tamra a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Tamra?

Tamra was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1959.

How do you pronounce Tamra?

Tamra is usually pronounced TAM-ruh.

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.