Tamara

Tamara comes from the Hebrew tamar, "date palm," a tree long symbolic of grace and abundance in the ancient Near East. Queen Tamar of Georgia, the twelfth-century monarch who presided over her country's golden age, gave the name royal stature across the Orthodox world, including Polish and Russian registries. Three syllables, rolling, vowel-rich, with the option of Tammy for something lighter. In American usage it climbed steadily to peak in the 1970s, then cooled into pleasant vintage territory. Less common now but entirely legible, with a softness the name earns honestly. International in reach, literary in echo, warmly assured on the page.