Tamar Forename
9,360th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 109,866 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
South Ossetia
Tamar Forename Definition:
A female name, perhaps sometimes derived from Tamar, daughter-in-law of Judah, or a daughter of David, or of Absalom, in Hebrew תָּמָר, tamár, signifying palm, from tamár, a palm-tree. The name has on one occasion been derived from that of a ship.
Read More About This ForenameTamar Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 100% | 40,814 | 1:92 | 4 |
| Israel | 92% | 29,320 | 1:287 | 33 |
| United States | 90% | 7,768 | 1:46,671 | 2,686 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6,190 | 1:28,686 | 2,561 |
| Indonesia | 75% | 3,605 | 1:71,557 | 8,532 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2,758 | 1:88 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,825 | 1:9,261 | 1,181 |
| India | 89% | 1,779 | 1:682,899 | 50,117 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,194 | 1:179,427 | 8,313 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1,108 | 1:2,634 | 436 |
| South Ossetia | 99% | 1,039 | 1:52 | 3 |
| Spain | 97% | 797 | 1:58,381 | 2,177 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 776 | 1:27,849 | 2,208 |
| England | 100% | 728 | 1:76,378 | 3,133 |
| Iraq | 100% | 715 | 1:48,976 | 1,728 |
| Egypt | 50% | 629 | 1:146,106 | 5,938 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 569 | 1:9,890 | 1,036 |
| Canada | 100% | 547 | 1:60,573 | 3,745 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 493 | 1:149,752 | 7,120 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Mexico | 96% | 386 | 1:321,618 | 4,499 |
| Greece | 100% | 381 | 1:28,700 | 1,261 |
| Poland | 50% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 365 | 1:124,657 | 962 |
| Chile | 97% | 360 | 1:48,909 | 1,764 |
| Malawi | 100% | 360 | 1:47,534 | 3,231 |
| Jamaica | - | 313 | 1:9,212 | 1,095 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 290 | 1:104,144 | 4,682 |
| South Africa | 99% | 240 | 1:227,219 | 14,089 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Thailand | 99% | 221 | 1:317,040 | 17,557 |
| Colombia | 100% | 200 | 1:238,895 | 5,170 |
| Turkey | 98% | 191 | 1:407,339 | 6,339 |
| Haiti | 100% | 170 | 1:63,100 | 3,990 |
| Germany | 86% | 140 | 1:690,556 | 6,359 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 136 | 1:76,701 | 4,403 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 102 | 1:79,925 | 7,537 |
| Iran | 100% | 87 | 1:902,263 | 8,139 |
| Senegal | 98% | 81 | 1:180,017 | 3,850 |
| Sweden | 92% | 81 | 1:121,703 | 4,939 |
| France | 100% | 79 | 1:841,397 | 7,146 |
| Pakistan | 66% | 77 | 1:2,524,126 | 31,579 |
| Philippines | 51% | 72 | 1:1,472,354 | 35,703 |
| Qatar | 60% | 66 | 1:35,903 | 4,803 |
| Australia | - | 64 | 1:213,400 | 5,174 |
| New Zealand | - | 64 | 1:70,876 | 3,426 |
| Niger | 97% | 64 | 1:299,750 | 7,310 |
| Zambia | - | 62 | 1:255,722 | 8,013 |
| Uganda | 100% | 60 | 1:682,615 | 13,880 |
| Belgium | 100% | 56 | 1:205,179 | 4,972 |
| Peru | 98% | 56 | 1:567,705 | 9,632 |
| Russia | 82% | 56 | 1:2,575,602 | 15,893 |
| Nicaragua | 84% | 55 | 1:109,424 | 3,658 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 53 | 1:346,782 | 13,201 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 95% | 47 | 1:127,091 | 7,593 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 47 | 1:174,755 | 4,319 |
| Estonia | 100% | 46 | 1:28,595 | 2,108 |
| Romania | 100% | 41 | 1:489,073 | 13,671 |
| Malaysia | 54% | 40 | 1:761,248 | 29,188 |
| Panama | 100% | 40 | 1:97,664 | 4,898 |
| Italy | 84% | 35 | 1:1,744,631 | 12,743 |
| Czechia | 100% | 34 | 1:313,417 | 1,996 |
| El Salvador | - | 33 | 1:192,175 | 2,810 |
| Scotland | 98% | 32 | 1:167,199 | 3,173 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 29 | 1:122,424 | 2,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 89% | 28 | 1:550,851 | 23,998 |
| Nepal | 89% | 27 | 1:1,055,087 | 22,243 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:1,970 | 302 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Barbados | - | 25 | 1:11,592 | 1,168 |
| Honduras | 100% | 25 | 1:352,699 | 6,316 |
| Jordan | 95% | 25 | 1:353,071 | 3,291 |
| Afghanistan | 60% | 24 | 1:1,359,313 | 14,542 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 24 | 1:56,726 | 4,855 |
| Argentina | 95% | 23 | 1:1,859,706 | 7,227 |
| Kenya | 100% | 21 | 1:2,205,100 | 20,622 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| Denmark | - | 18 | 1:313,861 | 5,872 |
| Palestine | 91% | 18 | 1:252,781 | 2,534 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 17 | 1:567,232 | 10,983 |
| Costa Rica | 93% | 16 | 1:297,997 | 5,686 |
| Ireland | 100% | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Ecuador | - | 13 | 1:1,363,609 | 9,250 |
| Liberia | 100% | 13 | 1:339,389 | 10,356 |
| Saint Lucia | 83% | 13 | 1:13,678 | 1,658 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Syria | - | 12 | 1:1,608,840 | 3,623 |
| Wales | 100% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 8 | 1:873,799 | 10,237 |
| Austria | 100% | 7 | 1:1,216,314 | 8,086 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Algeria | 100% | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Finland | 75% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Paraguay | 67% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Támar (5), Tàmar (2) & Tâmar (1) are calculated separately.
Tamar (8,506) may also be a surname.
Tamar Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name, perhaps sometimes derived from Tamar, daughter-in-law of Judah, or a daughter of David, or of Absalom, in Hebrew תָּמָר, tamár, signifying palm, from tamár, a palm-tree. The name has on one occasion been derived from that of a ship. A correspondent of N. Q. (6th S. iv. 336) says a former sergeant-major in his old regiment (6th Royal Warwickshire) was in the habit of giving his children names which he called ‘appropriate;’ and a son, being born on board the troop-ship Tamar, was duly christened George Washington Tamar.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (feminine) - Palm-tree, fig. upright graceful figure.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Tay'-mar, a palm, palm-tree. 1. Daughter-in-law to the patriarch Judah, wife to Er. Gen. xxxviii. 6. 2. Daughter of David, and sister of Amnon. 2 Sam. xiii. 2. 3. Daughter of Absalom. 2 Sam. xiv. 27. 4. A city of Judea, near the Dead Sea. Ezek. xlvii. 19.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a palm tree.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: The palm tree, upright and graceful.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Japanese meaning: a fermented soy sauce.
Amharic meaning; student.
Chinese meaning: hand ball.
- tamari1999Tamar Forename Popularity
Tamar Demographics
Average Tamar Salary in
United States
$46,669 USD
Per year
Rank:
164,190 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00201542
Rank: 2,740 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
107.21%
Sample size: 3,560 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamar in the Russian language | ||
| Тамар | tamar | - |
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