Tamara

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The Russian form of Tamar who was the daughter of King David in the Bible. It became a royal name during the 12th century for a queen of Georgia and was frequently used in Russian literature and more recently the title of several films. The pronunciation varies outside the United States. Also means "spice" in Sanskrit.


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Hebrew
Gender
Female
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Flowers, Plants & Trees
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Tamera Mowry (actress)
Tamara McKinney (Olympic skier)
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Tammy_donsacousticsinc wrote:

My name is Tamera but I go by the name of Tammy. I learned the meaning about 6 years ago that Tamera means Palm Tree and I thought that was great because I was born in Fl where there's lots of palm trees. The meaning is Herbrew

10/9/2009 01:14:33 PM Report Abuse

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