Tamar

Tamar (Hebrew: תמר‎) is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning "date" (the fruit), "date palm" or just "palm tree". There are three characters in the Bible with this name. The pronunciation of Tamar depends on each so-named person's language, culture, and idiolectic preference; typical pronunciations in English are and . Variants include "Tamara".
The name was not often used in traditional Jewish societies, possibly because both Biblical characters bearing the name are depicted as involved in controversial sexual affairs. It was, however, among the Biblical names revived and actively promoted by the Zionist pioneers, and is a common female name in contemporary Israel (often shortened, as in other languages, to "Tammy" (תמי) – which is sometimes treated as name on its own).
It is also a popular name among Armenians, sometimes nicknamed "Tamarik", meaning "Little Tamar". According to Armenian folklore, the name of Akhtamar Island in Lake Van is attributed to a peasant boy's longing cries of "Akh (Oh), Tamar!" as he drowns trying to reach his beloved Princess Tamar imprisoned on the island.
Tamar is common among Georgians, where its origin can be traced either to the above-mentioned Biblical Hebrew characters, to the sky goddess Tamar, who had an important role in the Georgians' mythology before their conversion to Christianity or to a convergence of both.
In turn, the popularity of the name (especially in the version "Tamara") among Russians and other Slavic peoples can in part be traced to the centuries-long political and cultural contacts between Russians and Georgians. In particular, Russia was touched by the fame of the medieval queen regnant Tamar of Georgia, reckoned among the greatest of her country's monarchs and who had a Russian husband.
Tamar was also among the Biblical names used by Puritans in the American Colonial Era in the 17th and 18th centuries. Puritan families sometimes used names of Biblical characters seen as sinful as a reminder of man's fallen state.

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Palm tree, upright.

Tammie, Tamira, Tamsin, Tami, Tammy, Tam, Thamar, Tamara, Tamera

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Tamar Estine Braxton	1977	American singer
2	Tamar of Georgia	1166	Queen Regent of Georgia
3	Tamar Novas	1986	Spanish actor
4	Tamar		Biblical daughter of David
5	Tamar Simon Hoffs	1934	American film director, producer and writer
6	Tamar Kaprelian	1986	Singer
7	Tamar Zandberg	1976	Israeli politician
8	Tamar Gendler	1965	American philosopher
9	Tamar Slay	1980	American basketball player
10	Tamar Jalis
11	Tamar Baruch	1959	Dutch actress
12	Tamar Jacoby	1954	American writer
13	Tamar Geller		American dog trainer and animal care writer
14	Tamar Iveri	1900	Georgian opera singer
15	Tamar Beruchashvili	1961	Georgian politician
16	Tamar Ziskind	1985	Israeli Miss World delegate
17	Tamar Halperin	1976	Israeli conductor
18	Tamar Shedania	1992	Beauty pageant winner
19	Tamar Katz	1988	Israeli figure skater
20	Tamar Sanikidze	1978	Georgian politican and ex-government minister
21	Tamar Ross	1938	Israeli philosopher
22	Tamar Ziegler	1971	Israeli mathematician
23	Tamar Garb		British art historian
24	Tamar Pitch
25	Tamar Halpern		American film director and writer
26	Tamar Abakelia	1905	Georgian sculptor, theater designer and illustrator
27	Tamar Ish-Shalom	1981
28	Tamar Gozansky	1940	Israeli politician
29	Tamar Golan	1933	Israeli journalist and diplomat
30	Tamar Frankel	1925	American academic
31	Tamar II of Kartli	1696	Georgian queen regnant
32	Tamar Dongus	1994	German association football player
33	Tamar Eisenman	1980	Israeli musician
34	Tamar Meisels		Israeli political scientist
35	Tamar Lalo	1984	Recorder player
36	Tamar Yellin	1963	English writer
37	Tamar Eshel	1920	Israeli politician
38	Tamar Fattah Ramadhan Kuchar		Iraqi politician
39	Tamar Getter	1953	Painter
40	Tamar Giladi		Israeli singer
41	Tamar Adar	1939	Israeli children's writer
42	Tamar Amar-Dahl	1968
43	Tamar Schlick		American mathematician
44	Tamar Hermann
45	Tamar Kintsurashvili	1970	Georgian journalist
46	Tamar of Imereti
47	Tamar Lambert	1981
48	Tamar El Or	1955	Israeli sociologist
49	Tamar Kvelidze	1990	Association footballer
50	Tamar Ariel	1989	Military Navigator
51	Tamar Nadirashvili	1990	Association footballer
52	Tamar Herzog	1965
53	Tamar Sovran	1948	Hebrew Culture Studies researcher
54	Tamar Bair	1912
55	Tamar of Mukhrani
56	Tamar Fish Nachshon	1926	Israeli writer
57	Tamar de Sola Pool	1890
58	Tamar van den Dop	1970	Dutch actress and director
59	Tamar Hirschl
60	Tamar Tavadze	1898	Georgian artist, theatre painter, sculptor and architect
61	Tamar Khmiadashvili	1944	Georgian chess player
62	Tamar Murtem
63	Tamar Pelleg-Sryck	1926
64	Tamar Djaja
65	Tamar Amilakhori		Concubine of Safavid king Abbas I's (r. 1588-1629)
66	Tamar Bornstein-Lazar		Israeli children's writer
67	Tamar Murachver