Gender Feminine
Usage Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Hungarian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Lithuanian, Georgian
Pronounced Pron. /tɐ.ˈma.rə/(Russian) /ˈta.ma.ra/(Czech, Slovak) /ta.ˈma.ra/(Polish, Italian) /ˈtɒ.mɒ.rɒ/(Hungarian) /tə.ˈmæɹ.ə/(English) /tə.ˈmɑɹ.ə/(English) /ˈtæm.ə.ɹə/(English) /taː.ˈmaː.raː/(Dutch) /ta.ˈma.ɾa/(Spanish) /tɐ.mɐ.ˈrɐ/(Lithuanian)
Meaning & History
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 rapidly grew in popularity in the United States starting in 1957. Another famous bearer was the Polish cubist painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980).