Tamar (name)

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Tamar (

Tamara
".

The name was not often used in traditional

Zionist pioneers, and is a common female name in contemporary Israel (often shortened, as in other languages, to "Tammy
" (תמי) – which is sometimes treated as name on its own).

Tamar is common among

Tamar, who had an important role in the Georgians' mythology before their conversion to Christianity or to a convergence of both.[citation needed
]

In turn, the popularity of the name (especially in the version "Tamara") among Russians and other Slavic peoples can in part be traced to the centuries-long political and cultural contacts between Russians and Georgians. In particular, Russia was touched by the fame of the medieval queen regnant Tamar of Georgia, reckoned among the greatest of her country's monarchs and who had a Russian husband.

Tamar was also among the Biblical names used by

American Colonial Era in the 17th and 18th centuries. Puritan families sometimes used names of Biblical characters seen as sinful as a reminder of man's fallen state.[1]

People with the given name Tamar

Fictional characters

  • Hilary Tamar, fictional character in the novels of Sarah Caudwell
  • Tamar Cauldwell, the central character in the epic poem Tamar by Robinson Jeffers
  • Tamar Kir-Bataar, a
    character from the Grishaverse book series by Leigh Bardugo
    .

Equivalents in other languages

See also

References

  1. ^ Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature
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