Tamara

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.

Nicknames: Tam, Tama, Tamie, Tamma, Tammi, Tammie, Tammy and Tamy

Compound Forms: Tamatha, Tambra and Tamela

Alternative Spellings: Tamarà, Tamarah, Tamarra, Tamera, Tamira, Tamirra, Tammara, Tammera, Tammerah, Tamora and Tamura

Variant Forms: Tamaa, Tamaria, Tamarria, Tamesha, Tamia, Tamiah, Tamisha, Tammra, Tamra, Tamrah, Tamya, Tamyra and Thamar

Non-English Forms: Tamary

Source Forms: Tamar

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.

Leadership

Tamara Aleksandrovna
World War II commander.
- Led an all-female airborne regiment in World War II (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
Tamara (born 1160, died 1212)
Queen of Georgia, 1184-1212.
- Raised this country on the border of Europe and Asia to the peak of its political power (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Miscellaneous

Tamara E. Jernigan (born 1959)
American astronaut, physicist and astronomer.
- Former Girl Scout (see list of Former Girl Scouts)

Science and Philosophy

Tamara E. Jernigan (born 1959)
American astronaut, physicist and astronomer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1991, 1992, 1996), Endeavour (1995) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)

Sports

Tamara Press
Soviet athlete.
- 1960, 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Shot Put; 1964 gold medal winner for Discus (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
Tamara Tikhonova
Soviet athlete.
- 1988 Olympic Nordic skiing gold medalist for 20km Cross-country (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Cross-country Skiing)
Tamara Tychkevitch
Soviet athlete.
- 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Shot Put (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)


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