Given name & surname
Tamala
“as precious as a jewel”·“a thunderbolt”
Tamala is a variant of Tama. Interpretations include “as precious as a jewel” and “a thunderbolt”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tamala is a variant of Tama. Interpretations include “as precious as a jewel” and “a thunderbolt”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tamala is a variant of Tama. Tama has been associated with Japanese and Native American naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,873
- 0 boys · 2,873 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 176 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 176 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,641 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tamala
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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