Tamāra

See also: tamara, Tamara, tamará, and tâmara

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Ultimately from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”). Cognate with English Tamara.

Proper noun edit

Tamāra f

Tamar (Biblical figure)
a female given name
A transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára).

Related terms edit

Māra
Tamara

References edit

Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
[1] Population Register of Latvia: Tamāra was the only given name of 7412 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.