Meaning:
Its source is Tamar, a Hebrew name meaning "Date palm."
Languages:
This girl's name is used in Dutch, English, Italian, Russian, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Czech and Bulgarian.
Compound Forms: Tamatha, Tambra and Tamela
Variant Forms: Tamaa, Tamaria, Tamarria, Tamesha, Tamia, Tamiah, Tamisha, Tammra, Tamra, Tamrah, Tamya, Tamyra and Thamar
Non-English Forms: Tamary
Popularity:
The name Tamara ranked 418th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 229th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name makes a strong showing in state popularity data of the 1960s, but makes few (if any) appearances on lists compiled after that period.
