Given name
Tamāra
“date palm”
Tamāra is a feminine given name from Hebrew, meaning “date palm.” It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Tamāra’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Tamāra has a related form in Tamara. In Latvian usage, Tamāra has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Tamara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tamāra has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
1 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tamāra
- Tamāra DaunieneOlympic medalist in basketballborn 1951
- Tamāra ZitcereLatvian historian (1947-2014)
- Tamāra VilerteWoman Grandmasterborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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