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The baby name Tamara is a Girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced tə-MAH-rə.

Tamara is Hebrew, Russian in Origin.

Gender: Girl
Syllables: 3
Origin: Hebrew, Russian
Pronunciation: tə-MAH-rə

What is the meaning of the name Tamara ?

The baby name Tamara is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced tə-MAH-rə.

Tamara is Hebrew, Russian in Origin.

Tamara is a Russian and wider Slavic form of biblical Tamar, Hebrew תָּמָר, the earliest secure form of the name. Hebrew tamar denotes the date palm and, by extension in related Semitic usage, its fruit; it belongs to the consonantal root t-m-r, also seen in Arabic tamr, dates. Russian added the feminine ending -a to Tamar, producing Tamara, while preserving the older botanical sense.

Biblical Tamar is borne by three women in the Hebrew Bible, giving the name Jewish and Christian resonance before its Slavic expansion. In Russian and Georgian contexts, Tamara was strengthened by Queen Tamar of Georgia, venerated in Orthodoxy, and it later circulated across Eastern and Southeastern Europe. English use rose in the twentieth century, especially from the 1950s to the 1990s in the United States, then receded after 2010. Variants include Tamar, Tamra, Tamera, Tammara, and Thamara; Russian short forms include Tama, Mara, and Toma.

Tamara has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Tamara

Tamara Taylor Actor · Born 1970 · Canada Tamara Taylor is a Canadian actress best known for playing Dr. Camille Saroyan on Bones. She has also appeared in Party of Five and Altered Carbon. Tamara Gverdtsiteli Actor|musician · Born 1962 · Russia Tamara Gverdtsiteli is best known as a singer, and she has also worked as an actress and composer. Born in 1962, she is a Georgian-born performer with Israeli, Soviet, and Russian ties, known for songs such as “Vivat, Korol!” and “Mne nravitsya.” Tamara Makarova Actor · Born 1907 · Russia Tamara Makarova was a celebrated Soviet and Russian film actress and teacher, best known for her work in Soviet cinema, including The Stone Flower and The Young Guard. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1950 and later received the title Hero of Socialist Labour in 1982.
Tamara Tunie Actor · Born 1959 · United States Tamara Tunie is an American actress, singer, director, and producer best known for playing medical examiner Melinda Warner on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She’s also well known for her role as Jessica Griffin on As the World Turns and for her work across film, stage, and television. Tamara Khanum Actor · Born 1906 · Soviet Union Tamara Khanum was best known as an Uzbek-Soviet dancer and performer, and she also worked as a singer, actress, and choreographer. Born Tamara Artyemi Petrosyan, she became one of the most prominent stage artists in Soviet Uzbekistan. Tamara Toumanova Actor · Born 1919 · United States Tamara Toumanova was a Russian-born Georgian-American prima ballerina and actress, best known as one of the celebrated “Baby Ballerinas.” Born in 1919, she grew up in exile in Paris after the Russian Revolution and made her stage debut at just 10 in the children’s ballet of the Paris Opera.

Tamara – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2025 #1 — 874
Germany Girls 2025 #1 — 411
HT 0 #12 1 399
JM Girls 0 #13 648 7,507
RS Girls 0 #14 565 1,651
HT Girls 0 #20 4 950
RS 0 #20 107 923
TM Girls 0 #23 12 574
KR Boys 0 #27 1 897
MD 0 #28 7 434
SI 0 #30 61 1,612
BN 0 #32 1 2,297
EE 0 #34 4 1,051
HT Boys 0 #34 1 903
JM 0 #35 54 3,714
GE 0 #38 7 997
HN Girls 0 #38 1 884
SI Girls 0 #38 214 2,769
ID 0 #39 1 2,238
MD Girls 0 #39 86 865
MT 0 #41 3 1,767
AZ 0 #43 1 706
Austria Girls 0 #48 1,788 1,885
Austria Girls 2003 #49 141 59
PR 0 #50 6 1,497
LU 0 #53 14 2,830
GE Girls 0 #55 59 1,564
CY 0 #56 5 1,632
HR Girls 0 #57 1,023 3,687
AZ Girls 0 #63 12 1,051
JO Girls 0 #63 1,100 7,570
HR 0 #64 178 2,081
EE Girls 0 #66 81 1,888
Austria 0 #67 222 850
CL Girls 0 #68 7,172 14,098
AO 0 #69 9 2,729
JO 0 #72 70 2,158
JP 0 #74 4 4,057
AL 0 #76 1 2,372
KZ 0 #76 15 1,452
NL Girls 0 #77 4,463 5,933
RU Girls 0 #79 2,279 11,913
BG 0 #80 3 1,799
CY Girls 0 #85 37 3,755
CN 0 #86 1 3,857
Spain Girls 0 #87 9,305 5,561
HU 0 #87 28 1,675
LT 0 #88 1 949
PS Girls 0 #89 1,061 10,981
HU Girls 0 #91 222 3,308
CL 0 #92 740 6,867
LU Girls 0 #97 98 4,850
ID Girls 0 #98 5 3,319
QA 0 #98 9 7,011
IQ 0 #100 30 3,533
TW 0 #103 1 4,523
IL Girls 0 #104 1,339 11,648
EC 0 #105 11 2,502
IQ Girls 0 #107 801 11,303
KW 0 #107 10 5,216
KZ Girls 0 #108 445 5,862
PH 0 #109 2 5,607
RU 0 #113 89 3,641
BN Girls 0 #114 1 5,459
PA 0 #114 17 3,797
Norway Girls 2024 #118 4 444
OM 0 #120 2 6,215
AR Girls 0 #122 1,585 8,289
Switzerland Girls 2024 #123 13 1,786
LT Girls 0 #123 78 1,904
MT Girls 0 #125 27 3,773
CR 0 #127 32 5,526
GR 0 #133 3 3,911
MU 0 #134 4 3,613
UY 0 #134 44 2,477
NL 0 #135 324 2,481
PR Girls 0 #135 27 3,171
GR Girls 0 #138 109 6,293
UY Girls 0 #139 848 6,731
AE 0 #141 37 10,220
AR 0 #143 44 2,915
BW Girls 0 #144 8 4,216
Germany Girls 0 #144 2,765 4,949
CZ Girls 0 #150 297 5,378
Spain 0 #152 486 2,326
RS Boys 0 #152 3 2,277
CZ 0 #154 32 3,154
AO Girls 0 #156 54 4,575
PS 0 #157 62 5,692
PL Girls 0 #169 346 5,096
HU Boys 0 #171 4 3,954
Sweden Girls 2022 #176 4 1,568
MT Boys 0 #179 1 4,064
EC Girls 0 #183 57 3,650
IT Girls 0 #185 12,695 9,415
IL 0 #186 91 6,291
BG Girls 0 #189 35 3,559
Belgium Girls 2011 #190 22 408
DK 0 #190 14 5,198
PL 0 #193 20 2,600
IR 0 #202 28 4,221
NA Girls 0 #213 12 7,146
PA Girls 0 #213 332 9,861
Germany 0 #219 263 2,542
AL Girls 0 #223 5 4,141
JP Girls 0 #229 17 6,592
CR Girls 0 #232 392 11,342
PT 0 #234 13 4,161
BD 0 #241 1 5,992
BR 0 #241 106 5,969
QA Girls 0 #245 72 15,378
EC Boys 0 #246 1 3,322
GH 0 #248 1 5,396
AO Boys 0 #249 1 5,568
HR Boys 0 #251 9 3,997
Canada Girls 2024 #260 26 2,795
DK Girls 0 #260 57 7,429
MO Girls 0 #261 3 7,056
NG 0 #267 6 5,926
SA 0 #269 27 10,560
GR Boys 0 #270 4 6,912
PT Girls 0 #277 198 7,952
SG 0 #277 6 11,010
TW Girls 0 #281 9 8,139
IR Girls 0 #284 293 8,334
JM Boys 0 #287 7 6,876
Finland Girls 0 #290 104 1,368
BR Girls 0 #291 1,529 12,708
KZ Boys 0 #291 6 6,578
PE 0 #292 19 6,350
GT 0 #298 17 5,948
CZ Boys 0 #301 5 6,530
JP Boys 0 #303 1 7,909
GH Girls 0 #314 11 6,973
BO Girls 0 #316 367 9,488
IT 0 #320 652 4,183
LB 0 #321 438 13,263
AE Girls 0 #322 235 20,968
MU Girls 0 #325 27 8,539
SD Girls 0 #328 18 7,678
CN Girls 0 #335 15 8,829
PL Boys 0 #338 3 6,459
BO 0 #339 43 6,868
OM Girls 0 #341 56 15,987
HK 0 #350 8 8,483
MY 0 #350 5 12,352
France Girls 2021 #351 55 3,185
ZA 0 #356 92 14,421
JO Boys 0 #360 18 7,057
GH Boys 0 #361 1 8,138
SY 0 #364 478 11,684
MU Boys 0 #369 1 8,477
PH Girls 0 #371 20 13,098
YE 0 #371 11 8,639
BD Girls 0 #374 13 8,413
EG 0 #375 26 6,387
PT Boys 0 #378 4 7,951
MX 0 #380 34 8,339
UY Boys 0 #387 13 5,922
KW Girls 0 #419 97 19,177
AR Boys 0 #434 34 7,628
EG Girls 0 #434 773 14,742
GT Girls 0 #441 65 7,500
Finland Girls 2026 #444 430 3,895
ZA Girls 0 #449 1,157 25,928
PE Girls 0 #454 706 14,861
CO 0 #463 18 7,768
SD Boys 0 #463 4 10,523
RU Boys 0 #488 18 12,621
CO Girls 0 #490 923 16,140
GT Boys 0 #499 1 7,625
LY 0 #507 29 12,703
CR Boys 0 #510 1 10,188
MX Girls 0 #516 1,118 17,781
BH 0 #520 34 17,937
CM Girls 0 #525 16 11,671
PS Boys 0 #537 12 10,655
SG Girls 0 #549 38 18,916
IR Boys 0 #563 3 10,162
CM Boys 0 #575 1 12,054
IL Boys 0 #591 17 10,983
SA Girls 0 #592 356 25,931
HK Girls 0 #596 20 16,104
CL Boys 0 #599 67 13,390
BD Boys 0 #605 1 10,045
BO Boys 0 #614 9 9,244
IQ Boys 0 #630 38 13,071
IN Girls 0 #654 1 13,121
NG Girls 0 #686 101 15,093
BR Boys 0 #729 23 12,213
SG Boys 0 #739 1 17,960
QA Boys 0 #743 1 18,093
KW Boys 0 #758 12 18,755
TN 0 #794 36 13,765
United States Boys 2002 #797 5 6,872
United States Girls 2024 #802 115 8,487
EG Boys 0 #834 53 15,035
TR 0 #842 409 19,440
PE Boys 0 #864 15 14,506
Spain Boys 0 #886 45 5,610
CO Boys 0 #895 26 15,656
OM Boys 0 #916 3 17,948
NL Boys 0 #929 23 5,873
NG Boys 0 #930 22 16,906
Germany Boys 0 #942 11 5,697
MY Girls 0 #952 43 24,821
MX Boys 0 #959 24 16,355
DZ 0 #1,018 159 20,130
MA 0 #1,035 94 20,986
AE Boys 0 #1,138 6 22,615
ZA Boys 0 #1,161 18 25,619
MY Boys 0 #1,176 7 25,439
IT Boys 0 #1,412 60 10,046
SA Boys 0 #1,589 26 28,008

Tamara is popular in 93 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
Ireland
Scotland, United Kingdom
Canada

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People also ask about Tamara

Tamara is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls.
Tamara is a 3 syllable name, pronounced tə-MAH-rə.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Tamar, Tamra, Tamera, Tammara, Thamara and Tamarah.
Yes, very popular — Tamara ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 12 countries.
Tamara ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Yes — 9 notable people named Tamara are in our database, including Tamara Taylor (Actor), Tamara Gverdtsiteli (Actor|musician), Tamara Makarova (Actor).