Meaning & origin
What it means
Tamarah is a form of Tamara. Tamara goes back to Hebrew תמר (tāmār), meaning “date palm.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Tamarah is a form of Tamara. Tamara comes from Russian, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamarah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,326
- 0 boys · 1,326 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 38 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,275 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.
Tamarah’s family of names
In English usage, Tamarah has a related form in Tamara.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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