Tammara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ta-MAH-ra
- Origin
- Hebrew
Tammara is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “date palm”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tammara mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Tamara; Russian and Georgian form of Tamar
“date palm”
A form of the biblical Tamar; Queen Tamar ruled Georgia during its medieval golden age.
Meaning borrowed from Tamara. More on Wiktionary.
Is Tammara a girl's or a boy's name?
Tammara is a girls' name.
How popular is Tammara in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1963, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Tammara in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tammara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 51 | #2,078 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,830 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,342 |
| 1979 | 55 | #1,897 |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,125 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,761 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,640 |
| 1974 | 72 | #1,414 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,478 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,565 |
| 1971 | 101 | #1,148 |
| 1970 | 101 | #1,144 |
| 1969 | 79 | #1,259 |
| 1968 | 100 | #1,042 |
| 1967 | 89 | #1,103 |
| 1966 | 97 | #1,063 |
| 1965 | 92 | #1,089 |
| 1964 | 103 | #1,073 |
| 1963 | 106 | #1,043 |
| 1962 | 95 | #1,114 |
| 1961 | 79 | #1,242 |
| 1960 | 89 | #1,155 |
| 1959 | 69 | #1,291 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,281 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
Nicknames for Tammara
Names like Tammara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahira, Yadira, Aziza, Summer, Fatiha, Zamira, Halima, Faiza, Safiya, Samira, Hadassa, Farah
Names related to Tammara
Tamara, Tamar, Tamari, Thamara, Tamaria, Tamarah, Tamra, Tamarra
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tammara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tammara, updated 20 October 2026.