TAMARA female Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian Russian form of TAMAR. Russian performers such as Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), Tamara Drasin (1905-1943), Tamara Geva (1907-1997) and Tamara Toumanova (1919-1996) introduced it to the English-speaking world. It was also borne by the Polish cubist painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980). | ||||||||||||||||||||
TAMAR female Hebrew, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew Means "palm tree" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah and later his wife. This was also the name of a daughter of King David. She was raped by her half-brother Amnon, leading to his murder by her brother Absalom. The name was borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia who presided over the kingdom at the peak of its power. |
EQUIVALENTS |
BIBLICAL GREEK: Thamar |
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Tamar |
BIBLICAL LATIN: Thamar |
BIBLICAL: Tamar |
CROATIAN: Tamara |
CZECH: Tamara |
DUTCH: Tamara |
ENGLISH: Tamara, Tamera, Tamra |
GEORGIAN: Tamar, Tamari |
HEBREW: Tamar |
ITALIAN: Tamara |
MACEDONIAN: Tamara |
POLISH: Tamara |
RUSSIAN: Tamara |
SERBIAN: Tamara |
SLOVAK: Tamara |
SLOVENE: Tamara |
SPANISH: Tamara |
UKRAINIAN: Tamara |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
ENGLISH: Tami, Tamia, Tammi, Tammie, Tammy |
RUSSIAN: Toma |