Tamara

Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”).

• IPA^(key): (US) /tɑmɑɹə/, /təmæɹə/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /təmɛɹə/

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Tamara

1. A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.

• Tamar
• nonstandard spellings: Tamarah, Tamera, Tamra
• pet forms: Tammi, Tammie, Tammy

• tarama

Tamara (definite accusative Tamaranı, plural Tamaralar)

1. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtamara]

Tamara f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara

Tamara f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Tamara: Tamaruson
• daughter of Tamara: Tamarudóttir

Borrowed from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára).

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Tamara f (genitive Tamaras or Tamara)

1. a female given name

Variant of Tamāra.

Tamara f

1. a female given name
2. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára)

• Tamāra

• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Tamara was the only given name of 1409 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Tamara f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara

Tamara f

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /tǎmara/

Tàmara f (Cyrillic spelling Та̀мара)

1. a female given name

• “Tamara”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈtamara/

Tamara f

1. a female given name

• “Tamara”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /taˈmaɾa/ [t̪aˈma.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: Ta‧ma‧ra

Tamara f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tamar or Tamara