Meaning & origin
What it means
Tamera 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
Tamera is a form of Tamara. Tamara comes from Russian, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,282
- 0 boys · 14,282 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 614 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,801 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,801 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 43.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 614 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,181 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 · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tamera
- Tamera MowryAmerican actress and television personalityborn 1978
- Tamera YoungAmerican basketball player (born 1986)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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