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Тамара
“date palm”
Тамара (Tamára) is a feminine given name from Hebrew, meaning “date palm.” It is used in Russian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Pannonian Rusyn, and 1 other language.
Belarusian and Bosnian and Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbo-Croatian and inh and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Tamara.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Тамара developed from תמר.
Тамара’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Тамара developed from the Hebrew form תמר. In Serbian usage, Тамара has a conventional equivalent in the German form Tamara. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Тамара can be written in the Roman alphabet as Tamara.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Тамара has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Тамара comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Тамара
- Tamara KarsavinaRussian ballet dancer1885–1978
- Tamara SmirnovaRussian astronomer (1935-2001)
- Tamara PressSoviet track-and-field athlete (1937-2021)
- Tamara BykovaSoviet high jumperborn 1958
- Tamara GverdtsiteliGeorgian-Russian singer, actress and composerborn 1962
- Tamara MakarovaSoviet film actress, drama teacher (1907–1997)
- Tamara DudaUkrainian writerborn 1976
- Tamara TyshkevichBelarusian shot putter (1931-1997)
- Tamara LazakovichSoviet gymnast (1954-1992)
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