Given name & surname · also Arabic
Tamir
“a wealthy man”·“one who stands tall”
Tamir is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a wealthy man” and “one who stands tall”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original Arabicتامر
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a wealthy man” and “one who stands tall”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Arabic and Hebrew naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,460
- 2,401 boys · 59 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 88
- #1,821 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 88 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,821 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,830 as a first name in 2020; 410 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.
Tamir’s family of names
Tamir has a related form in Tamear. Tamir has a related form in Tameare. Tamir has a related form in Tameer.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tameervariant
- Tammirlikely variant
- Tamirrlikely variant
- Tameirevariant
- Tameirvariant
- Tamierevariant
- Tamiervariant
- Tamyrevariant
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Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tamir
- Tamir CohenIsraeli association football playerborn 1984
- Tamir PardoDirector of the Mossadborn 1953
- Tamir NabatyIsraeli chess playerborn 1991
- Tamir BlattIsraeli basketball player (born 1997)
- Tamir KahlonIsraeli footballerborn 1987
- Tamir HaymanIsraeli military officerborn 1968
- Tamir HendelmanAmerican musicianborn 1971
- Tamir MuskatIsraeli musicianborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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