Tamar (given name)

Tamar (Hebrew: תָּמָר) is a female name originated from Hebrew.

Overview

Tamar means date palm in Hebrew.

Bible

A portrait of Tamar of Judah by Francesco Hayez in 1847.

Tamar is the name of two women in the Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh:

Daughter-in-law of Judah^[1]^[2]
Daughter of King David and full sister of Absalom^[1]^[3]

Notable individuals named Tamar

Georgia

Tamar of Georgia (1160 – 1213), Georgian queen
Tamar of Imereti (d. 1455), Georgian queen consort of the Kingdom of Georgia
Tamar of Imereti (d. 1556), Georgian queen consort of the Kingdom of Kartli
Tamar Amilakhori, a 17th-century Safavid concubine of Georgian origin
Tamar of Mukhrani (died 1683), Georgian princess
Tamar of Kartli (1696 – 1746), Georgian queen
Tamar Tavadze (1898 – 1975), Georgian artist
Tamar Abakelia (1905 – 1953), Georgian artist
Tamar Beruchashvili (1961 – ), Georgian politician
Tamar Sanikidze (1978 – ), Georgian politician
Tamar Tatuashvili (1991 – ), Georgian football player

Israel

Tamar Gozansky (1940 – ), Israeli politician
Tamar Ariav (1949 – ), Israeli professor of education and President of Beit Berl College
Tamar Halperin (1976 – ), Israeli musician
Tamar Hermann (1957 – ), Israeli political scientist
Tamar Eilam, Israeli-American computer scientist
Tamar Zandberg (1976 – ), Israeli politician
Tamar Katz (1988 – ), Israeli figure skater

United States

Tamar Simon Hoffs (1934 – ), American film director
Tamar Jacoby (1954 – ), American writer
Tamar Gendler (1965 – ), American philosopher
Tamar Braxton (1977 – ), American singer
Támar (1980 – ), American singer
Tamar Slay (1980 – ), American basketball player
Tamar Kaprelian (1986 – ), American singer

United Kingdom

Tamar Garb (1957 – ), British art historian

Soviet Union

Tamar Tumanyan (1907 – 1989), Soviet-Armenian architect

Related pages

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Zaltzman, Lior. The 20 Most Popular Jewish Baby Names in Israel (in en). Kveller (19 September 2023). Retrieved 29 April 2024.
↑ Staff, Toi. Israel's top baby names are Muhammad, Tamar. The Times of Israel (6 October 2016).
↑ Hanks, Patrick. A dictionary of first names (2006). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

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[A-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Zaltzman, Lior. The 20 Most Popular Jewish Baby Names in Israel (in en). Kveller (19 September 2023). Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[2] Staff, Toi. Israel's top baby names are Muhammad, Tamar. The Times of Israel (6 October 2016).

[3] Hanks, Patrick. A dictionary of first names (2006). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

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