Given name & surname
Tamari
“date palm”
Tamari is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tamari is a romanization of თამარი. თამარი possibly goes back to Hebrew תמר (tāmār), meaning “date palm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tamari is a romanization of თამარი. თამარი possibly comes from Old Georgian, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,111
- 406 boys · 705 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 61 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #6,300 for girls · #8,835 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,300 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 2005. It also appeared in 9 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 952 as a first name in 2020; 154 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tamari’s family of names
Tamari has a related form in Tamara. In Georgian usage, Tamari is a Roman-alphabet rendering of თამარი. In Georgian usage, Tamari is a transliteration of თამარი.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tamari
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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