Tamara
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Tamara is a Hebrew name, from the biblical Tamar, meaning “palm tree” or “date palm.” Tamara is widely used in Russia and the Balkans, and the name recalls Georgia’s canonized twelfth-century Queen Tamar; Tammy and Mara are common nicknames.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Tamara in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Tamara against each list of names.
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Albanian
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Armenian
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Bengali
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Bulgarian
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Catalan
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Chinese
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Cornish
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Croatian
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Danish
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Dothraki
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Dutch
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English
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Estonian
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Finnish
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French
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Georgian
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German
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Greek
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Hawaiian
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Hebrew
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Hungarian
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Indonesian
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Russian
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Tamara is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Tamara in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 111 girls were named Tamara, making it the #1808 girls' name in the US. Since 1917, 131,286 girls have been named Tamara, with the most (4,721) in 1970. It is most common, relative to births, in New Jersey, Florida and Georgia.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Tamara in other languages
- Тамара Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
- Tamar Dutch
- Tammy English
- Tamra Danish
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Celebrities named Tamara
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Tamara.
Tamara Buciuceanu
Tamara Bunke
Tamara Dobson
Tamara Garkushina
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Fictional characters named Tamara
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
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