The baby name Tamyra is a Girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced tə-MY-rə.
Tamyra is African American, English, Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Tamyra is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced tə-MY-rə.
Tamyra is African American, English, Hebrew in Origin.
Tamyra is a modern English respelling of Tamara, ultimately anchored in Hebrew תָּמָר, Tamar, the biblical form found in Genesis and 2 Samuel. The Hebrew noun tāmār denotes the date palm, a cultivated tree whose fruit was economically important in the ancient Near East. Morphologically, Tamyra preserves Tamara’s three-syllable outline while replacing the medial vowel with y.
American records make the spelling chiefly a twentieth-century form rather than a direct biblical survival. The supplied SSA series begins in 1941 and peaks in 2003, reflecting creative U.S. respelling patterns around Tamara, Tamera, and Tamira. The African American association is demographic rather than etymological: the 2020 U.S. Census table reported Black bearers as the largest group, and public bearers include singer Tamyra Gray and wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MU | 0 | #137 | 1 | 3,613 | |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| Canada | Girls | 2005 | #295 | 5 | 2,598 |
| France | Girls | 2006 | #404 | 3 | 3,155 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| United States | Girls | 2023 | #908 | 7 | 8,600 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
Tamyra is popular in 10 countries — most recent births per country:
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