Gender Feminine
Usage Hebrew, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Scripts תָּמָר (Hebrew) Pron. /ta.ˈmaʁ/ (Hebrew) /tha.mar/ (Georgian) /ˈtɑm.ɑɹ/ (American English) /ˈteɪ.mɑɹ/ (American English) /ˈtɑːm.ɑː/ (British English) /ˈteɪ.mɑː/ (British English) [key ·simplify]
Meaning & History
Means "date palm" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah and later his wife. This was also the name of a daughter of King David. She was raped by her half-brother Amnon, leading to his murder by her brother Absalom. The name was borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia who presided over the kingdom at the peak of its power.
Related Names
Roottamar
VariantTamara (Georgian)
DiminutiveTaia (Georgian)
Other Languages & CulturesTamara (Belarusian) Thamar, Themar (Biblical Greek) Thamar (Biblical Latin) Tamara (Croatian) Tamara (Czech) Tamara (Dutch) Tamara, Tamra, Tamera, Tami, Tammara, Tammi, Tammie, Tammy (English) Tamara (Hungarian) Tamara (Italian) Tamāra (Latvian) Tamara (Lithuanian) Tamara (Macedonian) Tamara (Polish) Tamara, Toma (Russian) Tamara (Serbian) Tamara (Slovak) Tamara (Slovene) Tamara (Spanish) Tamara (Ukrainian)
Popularity
People think this name is
classic formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange serious
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h8559, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h8559.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026