Tamar (given name)

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

Tamar means date palm in Hebrew.

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]

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Tamar Garb (1957 – ), British art historian

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

• Shira
• Limor
• Miriam