# Tamara

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /təˈmɑɹə/ · frequency rank #23,122

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.

## Etymology
Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”).

## Easily confused with
- **Tara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamara-vs-tara)
- **Tampa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamara-vs-tampa)
- **tiara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamara-vs-tiara)
- **Tatar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamara-vs-tatar)
- **tamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamara-vs-tamer)
- **Tanaka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamara-vs-tanaka)
- **tantra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamara-vs-tantra)
- **tama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tama-vs-tamara)
- **Tamar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamar-vs-tamara)

## Common misspellings (8)
`atmara`, `taamra`, `tamaar`, `tamarra`, `tammara`, `tamraa`, `tmaara`, `ttamara`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tamara