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View Name: Tamar


TAMAR
GENDER: Feminine
OTHER SCRIPTS: תָּמָר (Hebrew), თამარ (Georgian)
PRONOUNCED: TAH-mahr (English), TAY-mahr (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew. Tamar is the daughter-in-law of Judah in the Old Testament. Also in the Old Testament, this is the name of a daughter of David. This name was borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia who presided over the kingdom at the peak of its power.
Related Names
OTHER LANGUAGES: Thamar (Biblical Greek), Thamar (Biblical Latin), Tamara (Croatian), Tamara (Czech), Tamara (Dutch), Tamara, Tamra, Tamera, Tami, Tamia, Tammara, Tammi, Tammie, Tammy (English), Tamara (Italian), Tamara (Macedonian), Tamara (Polish), Tamara, Toma (Russian), Tamara (Serbian), Tamara (Slovak), Tamara (Slovene), Tamara (Spanish), Tamara (Ukrainian)
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