Tamari

Locally spelled Tamara in US United States, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 3 more, תמר in IL Israel, Tamar in GE Georgia and תמרה in LV Latvia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Tamari is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, United States

  Also written Tamarî

• Hebrew surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Poland, Germany

  Also written תמרי, Tamri, טימרי, Timri, Ťâmärï

• Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Russia

  Also written Tamārī

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Tamārī

• Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Ťâmärï

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Tamari is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, long., N Africa

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, soy sauce

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, A type of soy sauce made without wheat, having a rich flavor.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In tio, prepared food

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Tamari Miyashirob. 1987USvolleyball player
• Tamari Chalaganidzeb. 1995GEGeorgian tennis player
• Tamari Davisb. 2003USAmerican sprinter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Tamari mean, and where does it come from?

Tamashek [Tuareg] Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.

What are other forms of the name Tamari?

In the etymology graph, Tamara, Tamar and Tamera are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Tamari?

A machine transcription gives /tˈæməɹˌi/ (IPA) for Georgian.

Is Tamari a male or female name?

Tamari is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed under both sexes; Poland (dane.gov.pl, 2026): listed as female; Spain (INE): listed as female. We don't publish a percentage split.

In which country does Tamari have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 129 thousand people named Tamara, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Tamari most common?

No national register we hold counts the spelling Tamari itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Georgia's: the national register counts about 1 in 139 people named თამარი.

How common is the name Tamari?

In the United States, the national register counted 128,711 people named Tamara in 2020, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.

How common is Tamari compared with other names?

In the United States, Tamari is the 302nd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.