Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tammara 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 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tammara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,507
- 0 boys · 2,507 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 106 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 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 106 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,136 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.
Tammara’s family of names
Tammara has a related form in Tamara.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tammara
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Tammara, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Tamera
“date palm”
>99% girls
Tahira
“one who is chaste; pure”
>99% girls
Tammy
Tammy is connected with Tamara and Tamsin in English naming traditions.
>99% girls
Audra
“noble” · “strength”
>99% girls
Lanora
“the shining light”
>99% girls
Tara
“hill”
>99% girls
Lora
“crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
>99% girls
Alesia
“noble” · “kind”
>99% girls