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Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

TamarIn Hebrew: תמר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: תָּמָרRomanization: tamár

Tamar (Hebrew: תמר) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 47,337 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 1,090 girls and ranked #6. Its peak year was 2014, with 1,472 babies.

People in Israel
47,337
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
1,090
rank #6
Peak year
2014
1,472 babies
USA, 2025
73
rank #2,438

Writing and saying Tamar

In Hebrew letters the name is תמר, read right to left. Tamar is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "tamár" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a female given name, Tamar
  • Tamar (a daughter-in-law of Judah)
  • Tamar (a daughter of David)
An early borrowing from Aramaic תמרא (tamrā, tamrē, təmārā); cognate with Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar, “fruit; crops”) and fellow borrowing تَمْر (tamr, “date”).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Tamar by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Tamar: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Tamar in English-speaking countries

Tamar in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202573#2,4381977 (133)
United Kingdom20259#2,8572000 (29)
England and Wales20259#2,7872000 (29)
Alberta20251#2,5382008 (2)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Tamar has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Tamar

How do you write Tamar in Hebrew?

Tamar is written תמר in Hebrew (with vowel points: תָּמָר). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "tamár".

How many people in Israel are named Tamar?

47,337 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name תמר: 47,192 women and 145 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Tamar a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.7% of the people named תמר are women.

What does the name Tamar mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Tamar" Etymology: An early borrowing from Aramaic תמרא (tamrā, tamrē, təmārā); cognate with Arabic ثَمَر (ṯamar, “fruit; crops”) and fellow borrowing تَمْر (tamr, “date”).

Is Tamar used outside Israel?

The name Tamar appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 73 girls were given it in 2025 (#2,438), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 9 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.