Tamara
Tamara is a female given name . It goes back to the biblical figure Tamar in the Old Testament . In the Old Testament there are three women with this name: the daughter-in-law of Judah ( Gen 38.6 LUT ), the daughter of David ( 2 Sam 13.1-22 LUT ) and a daughter of Absalom ( 2 Sam 14.27 LUT ).
Origin and meaning of the name
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Aramaic : date palm as a symbol of grace and beauty
- Old Hebrew: Life
- unvocalized root in Hebrew: תמר
- Hebrew spelling of the name: תָמָרָה
- Egyptian : Those who love the country - different spellings: Tameri, Tamare, Tamara, Tamira
variants
Alternative, rarely occurring spellings of the first name Tamara are Tamar, Tamera, Tamira, Tammara, Tammera, Tamary, Tamra, Tamora, Tatti, Tattimara, Tamie, Tammels, Tammi, Tata, Tattie and Tammy.
The Georgian female names Tamro, Tamwili, Tamriko, Tamo and also Tako and others are derived from Tamar.
Thamara, Taamara, Tamara means "lotus flower" in the Dravidian languages and is used for female persons.
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Name bearers
- Tamar (1160–1213), Queen of Georgia, see also Order of St. Tamara
- Tamara Bach (* 1976), German writer
- Thamara Barth (* 1974), German actress
- Tamara Bösch (* 1989), Austrian handball player
- Tamara Bunke (1937–1967), fighter in the guerrilla group around Che Guevara in Bolivia
- Tamara Choitz (* 1958), German classical philologist
- Tamara Danz (1952–1996), German singer
- Tamara Dietl (* 1964), German journalist, author and consultant
- Tamy Glauser (* 1985), Swiss model
- Tamara Ehlert (1921–2008), German poet and narrator
- Tamara Grcic (* 1964), German artist of Serbian descent (photography, films, videos and installations)
- Tamara Heribanová (* 1985), Slovak writer and journalist
- Tamara Jenkins (* 1962), American screenwriter, actress and director
- Tamara Korpatsch (* 1995), German tennis player
- Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980), Art Deco painter of Polish descent
- Tamara Lund (1941–2005), Finnish opera singer and actress
- Tamara Lunger (* 1986), Italian ski mountaineer
- Tamara McKinney (* 1962), American ski racer
- Tamara Mello (* 1976), American actress
- Tamara Metelka (* 1972), Austrian actress and lecturer
- Tamara Obrovac (* 1962), Croatian jazz musician (vocals, flute, composition)
- Tamara Press (* 1937), Soviet shot putter and discus thrower
- Tamara Rohloff (* 1961), German theater and film actress
- Tamara Schädler (* 1977), Liechtenstein ski racer
- Tamara Schijff (* 1982), Dutch athlete
- Tamara Simunovic (* 1973), German actress
- Tamara "Tami" Stronach (* 1972), American dancer and former actress
- Tamara Stuparich De La Barra , American film producer
- Tamara Taylor (* 1970), Canadian actress
- Tamara Todevska (* 1985), North Macedonian pop singer
- Tamara Tunie (born 1959), American actress
- Tamara Ustinov (* 1945), British film and theater actress
- Tamara Macarena Valcárcel (* 1984), stage name Tamara, Spanish singer
- Tamara Vidali (* 1966), Italian racing car driver
- Tamara Wernli (* 1972), Swiss presenter, video blogger, columnist and author
- Tamara Zidanšek (* 1997), Slovenian tennis player
Web links
Wiktionary: Tamara - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
