Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Tamara

TAMARA

GENDER: Feminine

USAGE: Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian

OTHER SCRIPTS: Тамара (Russian, Serbian, Macedonian)

PRONOUNCED: tah-MAH-rah (Russian, Spanish, Italian), tə-MAHR-ə (English) [key]

Meaning & History

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".

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VARIANTS: Tamra, Tamera, Tammara (English)

DIMINUTIVES: Toma (Russian), Tami, Tammi, Tammie, Tammy, Tamia (English)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Tamar (Biblical), Thamar (Biblical Greek), Tamar (Biblical Hebrew), Thamar (Biblical Latin), Tamar (Georgian), Tamar (Hebrew)

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