Tamara name - Meaning of Tamara
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- tah-MAH-rah (Russian, Spanish, Italian) , tə-MAHR-ə (English) , TAM-ə-rə (English)
- Tamara Meaning
- Russian form of Tamar. Russian performers such as Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), Tamara Drasin (1905-1943), Tamara Geva (1907-1997) and Tamara Toumanova (1919-1996) introduced it to the English-speaking world. It was also borne by the Polish cubist painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980). This name also coincides with a Sanskrit word meaning "spice". Tamara originates in Hebrew language and means "palm tree". It is a Russian variant of the Biblican feminine name Tamar. Until today, Tamara remains a very popular name in Slavic languages. In the U.S. it was popular in the 20th century but now it is rather rare. It also means "spice" in Sanskrit.
Tamara Related Names
Variants: Tamra, Tamera, Tammara (English), Tama, Tamarah, Tamarka, Tamarra, Tammy, Tamerra
Diminutives: Toma (Russian), Tami, Tammi, Tammie, Tammy, Tamia (English)
Other Languages: Tamar (Biblical), Thamar (Biblical Greek), Tamar (Biblical Hebrew), Thamar (Biblical Latin), Tamar, Tamari (Georgian), Tamar (Hebrew)
Tamara Celebrities
Tamara Braun - actress, Tamara Clatterbuck - actress, Tamara de Lempicka - artist, Tamara Feldman - actress, Tamara Fytch - model, Tamara Hope - actress, Tamara Mello - actress, Tamara Taylor - actress, Tamara Tunie - actress,
