Kamara as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kamara

What is the meaning of the name Kamara ?

The baby name Kamara is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced kuh-MAH-rah (IPA: /kəˈmɑːrə/).

Kamara is Arabic, Greek in Origin.

Kamara is a multicultural given name and surname with several converging roots. In West Africa, notably Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, Kamara (often spelled Camara under French/Portuguese influence) is a common Mande lineage name among Mandinka and others; as a given name in the diaspora it often honors that heritage and rose in use in the late 20th century.

In Arabic- and Swahili-influenced naming, Kamara aligns with Qamar/Kamari/Kamaria, from Arabic qamar ‘moon,’ yielding the sense ‘moon; moonlight.’ Another stream comes from Iberian surnames Cámara/Câmara (Latin camera, Greek kamara ‘vault, chamber’), which feed Camara/Kamara spellings in the Americas. Variants and related forms include Camara, Kamarah, Kamari, Kamaria, Kamar, and Qamar. Depending on origin, meanings range from ‘moon’ (Arabic–Swahili) to the ‘chamber’ sense (Iberian), while in Mande usage it functions as a clan marker rather than a lexical word.