Tamara
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning palm tree.
Tamara by the numbers
In 2025, 39 babies in England and Wales were named Tamara. In the US, 141 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 4,721 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tamara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Tamara
Names that are said the same way as Tamara, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a tree
Like Tamara, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Tamara
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