Tamera as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tamera

What is the meaning of the name Tamera ?

The baby name Tamera is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced tuh-MAIR-uh.

Tamera is English, Hebrew in Origin.

Tamera is a modern English feminine form of Tamara, ultimately tied to Hebrew תָּמָר, Tamar, the earliest biblical form. The Hebrew noun tāmār denotes the date palm, especially Phoenix dactylifera, a cultivated tree central to ancient Levantine agriculture. Tamara adds the Greek and Latin feminine ending -a to Tamar; Tamera appears to be an English respelling that shifts the middle vowel while preserving the three-syllable shape.

Tamar occurs in the Hebrew Bible as the name of Judah’s daughter-in-law and of Absalom’s daughter, giving the root a long Jewish and Christian textual history. Tamara circulated in Slavic, Georgian, and Western European use, while Tamera is chiefly an English-language variant recorded in the United States in the late twentieth century. Public bearers include American actress Tamera Mowry-Housley and British singer Tamera Foster. Related forms include Tamar, Tamara, and Russian Tamara.