Tamar (given name)

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

Overview

Tamar means date palm in Hebrew.

Bible

 Daughter-in-law of Judah
 Daughter of King David and full sister of Absalom

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

 Shira
 Limor
 Miriam

References

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