Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tamira isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
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
Tamira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,158
- 0 boys · 2,158 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 79 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 79 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,745 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 1
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 Tamira
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Tamira, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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