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{{Short description|Feminine given name}}
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{{Infobox given name
| name = Tamara
| name = Tamara
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|t|ə|ˈ|m|ɑːr|ə|,_|t|ə|ˈ|m|ɛər|ə|,_|ˈ|t|æ|m|ər|ə}}<ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref>
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| gender = Feminine
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| language = Various
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| pronunciation =
| meaning =
| gender = Female
| meaning = "[[date (fruit)|date]]" (the fruit), "[[date palm]]", "[[palm tree]]"
| region =
| region =
| origin = Derived in [[Russian language|Russian]] from the [[List of biblical names|biblical name]] [[Tamar (given name)|Tamar]] ({{langx|he|תָּמָר}}) and spread to various other languages
| origin = [[Arabic]]/[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]
| alternative spelling = Tammara
| related names = [[Tammy (given name)|Tammy]], Tamy, Tami, Tammii, Tam
| variant forms = Tamra, [[Tamera (name)|Tamera]], [[Thamara]]
| footnotes =
| shortform =English: [[Tammie]], [[Tammy (given name)|Tammy]]<br />Russian: Mara, Tama
| petname = [[Toma (name)|Toma]] (Russian)
| footnotes =<ref name="Benson" /><ref name="Macleod">{{cite book|last1=Macleod|first1=Iseabail|last2=Freedman|first2=Terry|title=The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names
|year=1995|page=214|publisher=[[Wordsworth Editions]]|url={{Google books|id=aE8OODf3LhsC|page=PA214|plainurl=yes}}|isbn=978-1-85326-366-8}}</ref>
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'''Tamara''' is a variant of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] feminine given name [[Tamar (given name)|Tamar]], a [[List of biblical names|biblical name]].{{efn|There are three [[List of women in the Bible|biblical women]] named Tamar: One is [[Tamar (Genesis)|Tamar of the book of Genesis]]—daughter-in-law of [[Judah (son of Jacob)|Judah]]. Another is [[Tamar (daughter of David)|Tamar, daughter of David]]; she was raped by her half-brother [[Amnon]], who was then killed by [[Absalom]], her full brother. Absalom named his daughter also Tamar, described as a woman of great beauty.<!--Note that while the source states that it would proceed to describe two "characters", it then goes to describe three biblical women, two of which are notable figures, while the last one is merely a named person and is not necessarily a "character" as an active figure in the narrative; see also Special:PermanentLink/1253369741#Tamar's_later_life ("Tamar becomes the sole guardian of her niece, who is also named Tamar")--><ref name="Hanks" />}} The variant originated in the [[Russian language]] and spread into other languages through Russian.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tàmara |url=https://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=d1ZhUBA%3D&keyword=Tamara |website=Hrvatski jezični portal |publisher={{ill|Znanje|hr|Znanje (tvrtka)}} |access-date=31 October 2024 |language=hr |type=Dictionary |quote={{translation|i=yes|f. personal name of biblical origin (the name spreads through Russian)}}}}</ref><ref name="Hanks">{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |entry=Tamara |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-3019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2006 |url-access=subscription |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1| type=Book via online reference platform |quote=Tamara ♀. Russian: probably derived from the Hebrew name Tamar, from a vocabulary word meaning ‘date palm’, with the addition of the feminine suffix -a. ...}}</ref> In Russia, where ''Tamara'' is associated with [[Tamar of Georgia]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/dictionaryoffirs0000unse_p6z7 |title=Dictionary of first names |date=1995 |location=London |publisher=Claremont Books |isbn=978-1-85471-707-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Significado do nome Tamara |url=https://revistacrescer.globo.com/guia-de-nomes/tamara/ |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=Crescer |language=pt-br}}</ref>{{efn|recognised by the Orthodox church as Saint Tamara the Right Believing<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Tamara the Right Believing |url=https://www.stgeorgeofboston.org/news/saints/archive/saints-2012/772 |website=St. George Orthodox Church of Boston |access-date=31 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=St. Tamara, Queen of Georgia |url=http://ww1.antiochian.org/node/18296 |publisher=Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217194906/http://ww1.antiochian.org/node/18296 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |date= |url-status=unfit}}</ref>}} the name remains popular and frequently appears in Russian literature.<ref name="Ser Padres-2023" /><ref name="Dunkling-1984" /> It is also common in [[Central Europe|Central]], [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]], and [[Southeast Europe]]an countries.<ref name="behindthename" /><ref>Slovakia; Transylvania, Romania; Serbia: {{multiref|{{cite web |title=Top baby names in Slovakia for 2022 announced |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23083306/top-baby-names-in-slovakia-for-2022-announced.html |website=[[The Slovak Spectator]] |access-date=1 November 2024 |language=en |date=30 November 2022}}|{{cite web |last=Kovács |first=Zsolt |title=Sepsiszentgyörgyön az Anna és a Krisztián nevek voltak a legnépszerűbbek |trans-title=Anna and Krisztián Were the Most Popular Names in Sepsiszentgyörgy |url=https://maszol.ro/belfold/Sepsiszentgyorgyon-az-Anna-es-a-Krisztian-nevek-voltak-a-legnepszerubbek |website=Maszol |access-date=1 November 2024 |language=hu |date=8 January 2024}}|{{cite report |title=Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2022. године. Најчешћа имена и презимена: подаци по општинама и градовима |trans-title=2022 Population, Household, and Housing Census: Most Common Names and Surnames by Municipality and City |date=2024 |publisher=[[Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia]] |url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2024/Pdf/G20244001.pdf |type=statistical review|language=sr|isbn=978-86-6161-253-4|id={{COBISS.SR|139366921}}}}<!--multiref end-->}}</ref>


The name was formed through adding the Russian feminine suffix ''-a'' to ''Tamar'' ({{langx|he|תָּמָר}}), which originated from the same generic noun for "[[date (fruit)|date]]" (the fruit), "[[date palm]]" or just "[[palm tree]]". The derived [[Russian diminutive name]] is [[Toma (name)|Toma]], and its other shortened forms include Tama, Mara, Tata, and Tusya.<ref name="Benson">{{cite book|last=Benson|first=Morton|title=Dictionary of Russian Personal Names|year=1967|page=163, 167|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|url={{Google books|id=AfIhzwEACAAJ|plainurl=yes}}|isbn=978-0-8122-7452-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Superanskaya |first=Aleksandra Vasilyevna <!--|title=Sovremennyy slovar' lichnykh imen: Sravnenie. Proiskhozhdenie. Napisanie--> |script-title=ru:Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание |trans-title=Modern Dictionary of Personal Names: Comparison. Origin. Spelling |entry=Тамара |date=2005 |publisher=Ajris-press |location=Moscow |isbn=5-8112-1399-9 |page=345 |url=https://archive.org/details/2005-384/page/345/mode/2up |lang=Russian}}</ref>
'''Tamara''' is a female [[given name]] most commonly derived from the [[Biblical]] name "[[Tamar (name)|Tamar]]" and in the [[Arabic]] from the [[Singular (grammatical number)|singular]] form "Tamra" ([[Arabic]]: <big>تَمْرَة</big> ''tamrah'') and the [[plural]] form "Tamar" ([[Arabic]]: <big>تَمْر</big> ''tamr''), meaning in both [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and Arabic the generic name of the fruit "[[date (fruit)|date]]", "[[date palm]]" or "[[palm tree]]".


It first appeared in the English-speaking world in the 1930s and reached its peak in the 1970s. In the 1980s, it gained particular popularity among Black Americans.<ref name="Dunkling-1984">{{Cite book |last=Dunkling |first=Leslie |url=http://archive.org/details/factsonfiledicti0000dunk |title=The Facts on file dictionary of first names |date=1984 |location=New York, N.Y. |publisher=Facts on File Publications |isbn=978-0-87196-274-4}}</ref> In the United States, the name was quite common from the late 1950s to mid-1990;<ref name="www.ssa.gov" /> more than 1,000 girls were named Tamara annually through 1996, with the highest numbers occurring in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girl Name Tamara - Trends, Comments and Popularity of Tamara |url=http://www.babynameshub.com/girl-names/Tamara.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828102649/http://enwiki/w/girl-names/Tamara.html|archive-date=28 August 2018|website=www.babynameshub.com|type=Online database}}</ref> As of 2023, Tamara is relatively uncommon in the United States; in 2010, it dropped off the Top 1,000 [[Social Security Administration]] baby names list, with fewer than 250 instances recorded that year.<ref name="www.ssa.gov">{{Cite web |title=Popular Baby Names |url=https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.html |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=www.ssa.gov |language=en}}</ref> Since the 1930s, Tamara has ranked among the top 320 most popular names in Australia, with peak popularity from the 1970s through the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nicholas |first=Josh |title=Close call: most popular Australian baby names of the past century revealed |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/ng-interactive/2023/jan/12/close-call-most-popular-australian-baby-names-of-the-past-century-revealed |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref name="behindthename">{{Cite web |title=Popularity for the name Tamara - Behind the Name |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/tamara/top/australia-nsw |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=www.behindthename.com}}</ref>
In central and eastern European countries like [[Armenia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Hungary]], [[Republic of North Macedonia|North Macedonia]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovenia]] and [[Ukraine]] it has been a common name for centuries. In [[Australia]] it was very popular from the 1960s to 1990s. It is one of the most popular names in Russia.


In the United Kingdom, it was the 137th most popular girl's name in 1997 but had dropped to 779th in 2021 when it was given to 47 babies.<ref name="ukbaby">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tamara |url=https://www.ukbabynames.com/girls/tamara |website=www.ukbabynames.com |publisher=UK Baby Names |access-date=31 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> [[Cornish mythology|Cornish legends]] include a character named Tamara, associated with the [[River Tamar]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Sarah |title=Winning logo design for October’s Tamar Valley River Festival unveiled |url=https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/winning-logo-design-for-octobers-tamar-valley-river-festival-unveiled-723887 |website=[[Tavistock Times Gazette]] |access-date=7 November 2024 |date=25 September 2024 |quote=... Tamara the nymph from the local legend that tells the story of the origins of the three rivers the Tamar, Tavy and Taw.}}</ref> whose name is of [[Celtic language|Celtic]] origin.<ref name="Mills">{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A. D. |title=A Dictionary of British Place Names |entry=Thames |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086-e-12840 |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2011 |url-access=subscription |isbn=978-0-19-960908-6| type=Book via online reference platform }}</ref>{{efn|In the Latin translation of Ptolemy's [[Geography (Ptolemy)|''Geography'']], The Latin name of the Tamar is ''Tamarus'', whereas [[Dumnonii#Other settlements|one of the settlements]] on the river is named ''Tamara''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), TAMARA |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aentry%3Dtamara-geo |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu |access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120120051831/http://www.roman-britain.org/tribes/dumnonii.htm</ref><ref>https://www.roman-britain.co.uk/places/tamaris/</ref>{{pb}}''Tamara'' occurs as a [[latinised name]] of the Tamar in [[John Milton]]'s poem ''Epitaphium Damonis'', the final of the Latin poems in his 1645 [[Milton's 1645 Poems|''Poems'']] collection.<ref>{{cite book | last = Todd | first = Henry John |authorlink=Henry Todd (priest) | date = 1809 | title = The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors | publisher = Printed for J. Johnson [etc.] by Law and Gilbert | location = London | volume = 7 |page = 385 | url = https://archive.org/details/miltonpoetworks07miltuoft |via = [[Internet Archive]] |quote={{lang|la|Et Thamesis meus ante omnes, et fusca metallis Tamara, et extremis me discant Orcades undis}}}}</ref>}} According to [[Mabel Quiller-Couch]]'s telling of the legend, Tamara was a sprite, the child of underground-living [[gnome]]s, who escaped to the earth's surface near [[Morwenstow]] and was turned into a river by her father when she refused to return underground, while the giants Tawridge and Tavy from [[Dartmoor]], who fell in love with her, became the rivers [[River Taw|Taw]] and [[River Tavy|Tavy]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Quiller-Couch |first1=Mabel | author-link=Mabel Quiller-Couch |title=Cornwall's Wonderland |date=1914 |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26755/pg26755-images.html#id_2HCH0003 |access-date=2 November 2024 |language=en |chapter=The Legend of the Tamar, the Tavy and the Taw|via=Project Gutenberg}}</ref> The [[Tamara Coast to Coast Way]] is an {{Convert|87|miles|adj=on}} walking route following the river Tamar.<ref name="tvnl">{{cite web |title=Tamara Coast to Coast Way |url=https://www.tamarvalley-nl.org.uk/discover-explore/walking/tamara-coast-to-coast-way/ |website=Tamar Valley National Landscape |access-date=31 October 2024 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
In the United States, the name was fairly common from the late 1950s to mid 1990s, bolstered by the popularity of the film ''[[Tammy and the Bachelor]]'' and its [[Tammy (song)|theme song]] (Tammy is commonly a nickname for Tamara). In the US the most girls named Tamara were born in 1970 and the number of Tamaras born per year was greater than 1,000 as late as 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.babynameshub.com/baby-names-girls/Tamara.html |title=Girl Name Tamara - Trends, Comments and Popularity of Tamara}}</ref>


The name was also popular in Spain during the 1980s, possibly influenced by the daughter of [[Isabel Preysler]] and [[Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón|Carlos Falcó]], [[Tamara Falcó]].<ref name="Ser Padres-2023">{{Cite web |date=4 August 2023 |title=Significado del nombre Tamara: origen e historia - Nombres de niña |url=https://www.serpadres.es/bebe/44974.html |access-date=29 April 2024 |website=Ser Padres |language=es}}</ref>
The name is now fairly uncommon in the US: in 2010, the name fell off the Top 1000 SSA Baby Names list, with fewer than 250 baby girls named Tamara that year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi |title=Popular Baby Names}}</ref>


== People named Tamara ==
==Variants==
Notable people with the given name Tamara include:
Variations include [[Tamar (name)|Tamar]], Temara, [[Tamra (disambiguation)|Tamra]], [[Tamera (name)|Tamera]], Tamira and [[Tamora (disambiguation)|Tamora]]. In [[North America]] Tamara is typically pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|æ|m|ə|ɹ|ə}}; in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]] it is sometimes pronounced as {{IPAc-en|t|ə|ˈ|m|ɑː|ɹ|ə}}; and in [[Russia]] /tɐˈmarə/ (written Тама́ра). In Arabic it is pronounced /tæˈmæːrɐ/ (written تمارا or تمارة). The most common US nickname for Tamara is [[Tammy (disambiguation)|Tammy]] or Tam, but other nicknames exist, such as Tatia (თათია) Tamar (თამარ) Tamuna (თამუნა), Tamari (თამარი), Tamriko (თამრიკო) or Tako (თაკო) in Georgia, [[Toma (name)|Toma]] in Russia, [[Mara (name)|Mara]], [[Tama (disambiguation)|Tama]] or [[Tara (given name)|Tara]].


=== In the arts ===
One notable occurrence of the name 'Tamora' in literature is a character in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Titus Andronicus]]''. In this play, Tamora is an ambitious and vengeful woman. Her sons plan to rape the daughter of Titus Andronicus and Tamora refuses the girl's pleas to stop them. Titus, in revenge for the brutal rape and disfigurement of his daughter, kills the young men, has them baked into a pie, and serves the pie to Tamora. Titus tells her that she has just eaten her sons immediately before killing her.
* [[Tamara Acosta]]<!-- (born 1972) CHECK DOB IN ARTICLE -->, Chilean actres
* [[Tamara Al-Gabbani]], Emirati fashion designer
* [[Tamara Arciuch]] (born 1975), Polish actress
* [[Tamara Bleszynski]] (born 1974), Indonesian actress, singer, and model
* [[Tamara Braun]] (born 1971), American soap opera actress
* [[Tamara Brooks]] (1941–2012), American choral conductor
* [[Tamara Buciuceanu]] (1929–2019), Romanian actress
* [[Tamara Danz]] (1952–1996), German rock singer
* [[Tamara Degtyaryova]] (1944–2018), Russian stage, television and film actress
* [[Tamara Divíšková]] (born 1934), Czech ceramist and costume designer
* [[Tamara Dobson]] (1947–2006), African-American actress and model
* [[Tamara Dragičević]] (born 1989), Serbian actress and model
* [[Tamara Drasin]] (c. 1905 – 1943), Ukrainian-born singer-actress
* [[Tamara Feldman]] (born 1980), American actress
* [[Tamara Gorski]], Canadian actress
* [[Tamara Gverdtsiteli]] (born 1962), Georgian-Russian singer, actress and composer
* [[Tamara Lindeman]]<!-- (born 1984) CHECK DOB IN ARTICLE -->, also known by the name Tamara Hope, Canadian actress and musician
* [[Tamara Jaber]] (born 1982), Lebanese-Australian singer and songwriter
* [[Tamara Jones]] (born 1987), stage name of Nigerian singer and actress Tamara Eteimo
* [[Tamara Johnson-George]]<!-- (born 1971) CHECK DOB IN ARTICLE -->, American singer and rapper, and member of the R&B singing group Sisters with Voices
* [[Tamara Karsavina]] (1885–1978), Russian ballerina
* [[Tamara Kučan]] (born 1989), Serbian author
* Tamara Maria Kler, Swiss DJ known by her stage name [[Dinka (DJ)|Dinka]]
* [[Tamara de Lempicka]] (1894–1980), Polish art deco painter
* [[Tamara Natalie Madden]] (1975–2017), Jamaican-American painter
* [[Tamara Makarova]] (1907–1997), Russian-Soviet actress
* Tamara Marthe (born 1985), known as [[Shy'm]], French singer
* [[Tamara Mello]], American actress
* [[Tamara Ralph]] (born 1981), Australian fashion designer
* [[Tamara Rey]]<!-- (born 1989) CHECK DOB IN ARTICLE -->, Cuban American actress and writer
* [[Tamara Rojo]], Spanish ballet dancer, artistic director of English National Ballet
* [[Tamara Salman]], Iraqi-born designer
* [[Tamara Macarena Valcárcel Serrano]], Spanish singer known as Tamara
* [[Tamara Sinyavskaya]], Russian mezzo-soprano
* [[Tamara Sky]], Puerto Rican DJ and model
* [[Tamara Smart]] (born 2005), English actress
* [[Tamara Taylor]] (born 1970), Canadian actress
* [[Tamara Todevska]], Macedonian pop singer
* [[Tamara Toumanova]] (1919–1996), Georgian-Armenian ballerina and actress
* [[Tamara Tunie]] (born 1959), American actress
* Tamara Diane Wimer (born 1972), known as [[Isis Gee]], American singer
* [[Tamara Witmer]], American actress and model


=== Politicians and activists ===
The term 'tamarro' entered Italian through the Neapolitan dialect, meaning "lowlife", "scumbag", with a specific bent to people who have a very strong tendency to copy the general mode, have uncultured behaviour and tend to buy and flaunt expensive branded goods.<ref>https://unaparolaalgiorno.it/significato/tamarro https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/ricerca/tamarro/</ref>
* [[Tamara Adrián]], Venezuelan politician

* [[Tamara van Ark]]<!-- (born 1974) CHECK DOB IN ARTICLE -->, Dutch politician
==People with the given name==
*[[Tamara Adrián]], Venezuelan politician
* [[Tamara Duisenova]] (born 1965), Kazakh politician
*[[Tamara Al-Gabbani]], Middle Eastern fashion designer
* [[Tamara Frolova]], Russian politician
*[[Tamara Arciuch]], Polish actress
*[[Tamara Bleszynski]], Indonesian actress, singer, and model
*[[Tamara Braun]], American soap opera actress
*[[Tamara Buciuceanu]], Romanian actress
*[[Tamara Bunke]], better known as Tania the Guerrilla, a communist revolutionary
*[[Tamara Danz]], German rock singer
*[[Tamara Degtyaryova]] (Russian: Тамара Васильевна Дегтярёва; 1944 – 2018), Russian stage, television and film actress
*[[Tamara Dobson]], African-American actress and model
*[[Tamara Drasin]], Ukrainian-born singer-actress
*[[Tamara Duisenova]], Kazakh politician
*[[Tamara Ecclestone]], English-Serbian socialite, television personality and model
*[[Tamara Feldman]], American actress
*[[Tamara Finkelstein]], British civil servant
*[[Tamara Frolova]], Russian politician
*[[Tamara Georgijev]], Serbian handball player
*[[Tamara Gorski]], Canadian actress
*[[Tamara Gverdtsiteli]], Georgian-Russian singer, actress and composer, People's Artist of Ingushetia, Georgia and Russia.
*[[Kera Tamara]], known as Tamara Hejtan, Bulgarian princess, the daughter of the Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Alexander
*[[Tamara Jaber]], Lebanese-Australian singer and songwriter
*[[Tamara Johnson]], American indoor volleyball player
*[[Tamara Jones]], singer and actress
*[[Tamara Karsavina]], Russian ballerina
* Tamara Maria Kler or Tamara Hunkeler, Swiss DJ known by her stage name [[Dinka (DJ)|Dinka]]
*[[Tamara Larrea]], Cuban beach volleyball player
*[[Tamara de Lempicka]], Polish art deco painter
*[[Tamara Levitt]], Canadian author, [[mindfulness]] instructor, and [[voice-over]] artist
*[[Tamara Makarova]], Russian-Soviet actress
* [[Tamara Manukova]] (born 1953), Belarusian politician
* [[Tamara Manukova]] (born 1953), Belarusian politician
* Tamara Marthe, known as [[Shy'm]], French singer
* [[Tamara Smith]], Australian politician
*[[Tamara McKinney]], American skier
* [[Tamara Stohlová]] (born 1989), Slovak politician

*[[Tamara Mello]], American actress
=== Sportspeople ===
*[[Tamara Mellon]], president and founder of designer shoes company Jimmy Choo
* [[Tamara Boroš]] (born 1977), Croatian table tennis player.
*[[Tammy Faye Messner]], American televangelist and reality TV star
* [[Tamara Bykova]] (born 1958), Soviet–Russian track and field athlete
*[[Tamara Metal]], Israeli Olympic [[high jump]]er and [[long jump]]er, and captain of the [[Israel women's national basketball team]]
*[[Tamara Mkheidze]], Georgian arachnologist
* [[Tamara Čurović]] (born 1994), Serbian tennis player
* [[Tamāra Dauniene]] (born 1951), Soviet–Latvian Olympic basketball player
* [[Tamara Dorofejev]] (born 1984), Hungarian figure skater
* [[Tamara Dronova]] (born 1993), Russian cyclist
* [[Támara Echegoyen]] (born 1984), Spanish sailor
* [[Tamara Gómez Garrido]] (born 1991), Spanish professional triathlete
* [[Tamara Horacek]] (born 1995), Croatian-born French Olympic handball player
* [[Tamara Johnson-George]] (born 1971), American indoor volleyball player
* [[Tamara Larrea]] (born 1973), Cuban beach volleyball player
* [[Tamara McKinney]] (born 1962), American skier
* [[Tamara Metal]] (1933–2022), Israeli Olympic high jumper and long jumper, and captain of the Israel women's national basketball team
* [[Tamara Morávková]] (born 2003), Slovak footballer
* [[Tamara Morávková]] (born 2003), Slovak footballer
*[[Tamara Moskvina]], Russian pairs figure skating coach
* [[Tamara Moskvina]] (born 1941), Soviet–Russian skater and pairs figure skating coach
* [[Tamara Nowitzki]] (born 1976), Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia
*[[Tamara Moss]], Indian model
*[[Tamara Gräfin von Nayhauß]], German television presenter
* [[Tamara Podpalnaya]] (born 1972), Russian Paralympic powerlifter
* [[Tamara Polyakova]] (bon 1960), Soviet–Ukrainian cyclist
*[[Tamara Pamyatnykh]], Soviet fighter pilot during the Second World War
*[[Tamara Radočaj]] (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
* [[Tamara Radočaj]] (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
*[[Tamara Rojo]] (born 1974), Spanish ballet dancer, artistic director of [[English National Ballet]]
* [[Tamara Radojević]] (born 1992), Serbian handball player
*[[Tamara Salman]], Iraqi-born designer
* [[Tamara Safonova]] (born 1946), Soviet–Russian Olympic diver
*[[Tamara Samsonova]], Russian murderer and suspected serial killer
* [[Tamara Salaški]] (born 1988), Serbian sprinter
*[[Tamara Macarena Valcárcel Serrano]] (born 1984), Spanish singer known as Tamara
* [[Tamara Sivakova]] (born 1965), Paralympian athlete from Belarus
*[[Tamara Sher]], American psychologist
* [[Tamara Téglássy]] (born 1968), Hungarian figure skater
*[[Tamara Sky]], DJ and model
* [[Tamara Tikhonova]] (born 1964), Soviet–Russian cross-country skier
*[[Tamara Sinyavskaya]], Russian mezzo-soprano
* [[Tamara Tyshkevich]] (1931–1997), Soviet shot putter
*[[Tamara Smart]] (born 2005), English actress
* [[Tamara Yerofeeva]] (born 1982), Ukrainian Olympic rhythmic gymnast
*[[Tamara Stohlová]] (born 1989), Slovak politician
* [[Tamara Zamotaylova]] (born 1939), Soviet–Russian Olympic gymnast, and gymnastics coach and referee
*[[Tamara Sujú]], Venezuelan activist
* [[Tamara Zidanšek]] (born 1997), Slovenian tennis player
*[[Tamara Taylor]], Canadian actress
*[[Tamara Todevska]], Macedonian pop singer
*[[Tamara Toumanova]], Georgian-Armenian ballerina and actress, active in Paris and Hollywood
*[[Tamara Tunie]], American actress
* Tamara Venit-Shelton, American author and professor of American history
* Tamara Diane Wimer, known as [[Isis Gee]], American singer
*[[Tamara Witmer]], American actress and model


=== Others ===
==Fictional characters with the name==
* [[Tamara Bunke]] (1937–1967), Argentinian communist revolutionary
* [[Tamara (Hollyoaks)|Tamara (''Hollyoaks'')]], in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''
* [[Tamara Czartoryska]] (born 1978), Polish-Spanish model and aristocrat
* Princess Tamara, in the 1829/1839 poem ''[[Demon (poem)|Demon]]'' by Mikhail Lermontov
* [[Tamara Dávila]] (born c. 1981), Nicaraguan sociologist, feminist and political activist
* Tamara, in ''[[Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders]]''
* [[Tamara Ecclestone]] (born 1984), English-Serbian socialite, television personality and model
* [[Tamara Chen]], in ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''
* [[Tamara Falcó]] (born 1981), Spanish aristocrat, socialite and television personality
* [[Tamara Finkelstein]] (born 1967), British civil servant
* [[Tamara Griesser Pečar]] (born 1947), Slovenian historian
* [[Kera Tamara]] (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1340 – <abbr>c.</abbr> 1389), known as Tamara Hejtan, Bulgarian princess
* [[Tamara E. Jernigan]] (born 1959), American astrophysicist and NASA astronaut
* [[Tamara Levitt]] (born 1971), Canadian author, mindfulness instructor, and voice-over artist
* [[Tamara Mellon]] (born 1967), British fashion entrepreneur, president and founder of shoes company Jimmy Choo
* [[Tammy Faye Messner]] (1942–2007), American televangelist and reality TV star
* [[Tamara Mkheidze]] (1915–2007), Georgian arachnologist
* [[Tamara Moss]], Indian model
* [[Tamara Gräfin von Nayhauß]] (born 1972), German television presenter
* [[Tamara Pamyatnykh]] (1919–2012), Soviet fighter pilot during the Second World War
* [[Tamara Samsonova]] (born 1947), Russian murderer and suspected serial killer
* [[Tamara Sher]] (born 1962), American psychologist
* [[Tamara Sujú]], Venezuelan activist
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*[[Tara (disambiguation)]]

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Tamara
Pronunciation/təˈmɑːrə, təˈmɛərə, ˈtæmərə/[1]
GenderFeminine
Language(s)Various
Origin
Word/nameDerived in Russian from the biblical name Tamar (Hebrew: תָּמָר) and spread to various other languages
Other names
Alternative spellingTammara
Variant form(s)Tamra, Tamera, Thamara
Short form(s)English: Tammie, Tammy
Russian: Mara, Tama
Pet form(s)Toma (Russian)
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Tamara is a variant of the Hebrew feminine given name Tamar, a biblical name.[a] The variant originated in the Russian language and spread into other languages through Russian.[5][4] In Russia, where Tamara is associated with Tamar of Georgia,[6][7][b] the name remains popular and frequently appears in Russian literature.[10][11] It is also common in Central, Eastern, and Southeast European countries.[12][13]

The name was formed through adding the Russian feminine suffix -a to Tamar (Hebrew: תָּמָר), which originated from the same generic noun for "date" (the fruit), "date palm" or just "palm tree". The derived Russian diminutive name is Toma, and its other shortened forms include Tama, Mara, Tata, and Tusya.[2][14]

It first appeared in the English-speaking world in the 1930s and reached its peak in the 1970s. In the 1980s, it gained particular popularity among Black Americans.[11] In the United States, the name was quite common from the late 1950s to mid-1990;[15] more than 1,000 girls were named Tamara annually through 1996, with the highest numbers occurring in the 1970s.[16] As of 2023, Tamara is relatively uncommon in the United States; in 2010, it dropped off the Top 1,000 Social Security Administration baby names list, with fewer than 250 instances recorded that year.[15] Since the 1930s, Tamara has ranked among the top 320 most popular names in Australia, with peak popularity from the 1970s through the 1990s.[17][12]

In the United Kingdom, it was the 137th most popular girl's name in 1997 but had dropped to 779th in 2021 when it was given to 47 babies.[18] Cornish legends include a character named Tamara, associated with the River Tamar,[19] whose name is of Celtic origin.[20][c] According to Mabel Quiller-Couch's telling of the legend, Tamara was a sprite, the child of underground-living gnomes, who escaped to the earth's surface near Morwenstow and was turned into a river by her father when she refused to return underground, while the giants Tawridge and Tavy from Dartmoor, who fell in love with her, became the rivers Taw and Tavy.[25] The Tamara Coast to Coast Way is an 87-mile (140 km) walking route following the river Tamar.[26]

The name was also popular in Spain during the 1980s, possibly influenced by the daughter of Isabel Preysler and Carlos Falcó, Tamara Falcó.[10]

People named Tamara

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Notable people with the given name Tamara include:

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  1. ^ There are three biblical women named Tamar: One is Tamar of the book of Genesis—daughter-in-law of Judah. Another is Tamar, daughter of David; she was raped by her half-brother Amnon, who was then killed by Absalom, her full brother. Absalom named his daughter also Tamar, described as a woman of great beauty.[4]
  2. ^ recognised by the Orthodox church as Saint Tamara the Right Believing[8][9]
  3. ^ In the Latin translation of Ptolemy's Geography, The Latin name of the Tamar is Tamarus, whereas one of the settlements on the river is named Tamara.[21][22][23]
    Tamara occurs as a latinised name of the Tamar in John Milton's poem Epitaphium Damonis, the final of the Latin poems in his 1645 Poems collection.[24]

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
  2. ^ a b Benson, Morton (1967). Dictionary of Russian Personal Names. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 163, 167. ISBN 978-0-8122-7452-3.
  3. ^ Macleod, Iseabail; Freedman, Terry (1995). The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names. Wordsworth Editions. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-85326-366-8.
  4. ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Tamara". A Dictionary of First Names (Book via online reference platform). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Tamara ♀. Russian: probably derived from the Hebrew name Tamar, from a vocabulary word meaning 'date palm', with the addition of the feminine suffix -a. ...
  5. ^ "Tàmara". Hrvatski jezični portal (Dictionary) (in Croatian). Znanje [hr]. Retrieved 31 October 2024. transl. f. personal name of biblical origin (the name spreads through Russian)
  6. ^ Dictionary of first names. London: Claremont Books. 1995. ISBN 978-1-85471-707-8.
  7. ^ "Significado do nome Tamara". Crescer (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  8. ^ "St. Tamara the Right Believing". St. George Orthodox Church of Boston. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  9. ^ "St. Tamara, Queen of Georgia". Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ a b "Significado del nombre Tamara: origen e historia - Nombres de niña". Ser Padres (in Spanish). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b Dunkling, Leslie (1984). The Facts on file dictionary of first names. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File Publications. ISBN 978-0-87196-274-4.
  12. ^ a b "Popularity for the name Tamara - Behind the Name". www.behindthename.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  13. ^ Slovakia; Transylvania, Romania; Serbia:
  14. ^ Superanskaya, Aleksandra Vasilyevna (2005). "Тамара". Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание [Modern Dictionary of Personal Names: Comparison. Origin. Spelling] (in Russian). Moscow: Ajris-press. p. 345. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9.
  15. ^ a b "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Girl Name Tamara - Trends, Comments and Popularity of Tamara". www.babynameshub.com (Online database). Archived from the original on 28 August 2018.
  17. ^ Nicholas, Josh. "Close call: most popular Australian baby names of the past century revealed". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Tamara". www.ukbabynames.com. UK Baby Names. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  19. ^ Martin, Sarah (25 September 2024). "Winning logo design for October's Tamar Valley River Festival unveiled". Tavistock Times Gazette. Retrieved 7 November 2024. ... Tamara the nymph from the local legend that tells the story of the origins of the three rivers the Tamar, Tavy and Taw.
  20. ^ Mills, A. D. (2011). "Thames". A Dictionary of British Place Names (Book via online reference platform). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6.
  21. ^ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), TAMARA". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  22. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120120051831/http://www.roman-britain.org/tribes/dumnonii.htm
  23. ^ https://www.roman-britain.co.uk/places/tamaris/
  24. ^ Todd, Henry John (1809). The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. Vol. 7. London: Printed for J. Johnson [etc.] by Law and Gilbert. p. 385 – via Internet Archive. Et Thamesis meus ante omnes, et fusca metallis Tamara, et extremis me discant Orcades undis
  25. ^ Quiller-Couch, Mabel (1914). "The Legend of the Tamar, the Tavy and the Taw". Cornwall's Wonderland. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Project Gutenberg.
  26. ^ "Tamara Coast to Coast Way". Tamar Valley National Landscape. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
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