Tamra

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 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Tamra is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Тамра

• a separate given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

  Also written Tamrā

51 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.

Tamra is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In ang, strong genitive plural of tam

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

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.

• Tamra Engelhornb. 1945NZbotanist (1945 - )
• Tamra Rosanesb. 1951USDanish-American singer, songwriter
• Tamra Meskimenb. 1959USAmerican actress
• Tamra Davisb. 1962USAmerican film director, music video director, television director (born 1962)
• Tamra Merciecab. 1980AUAustralian life coach
• Tamra Borchardt-Slaytonb. 1987USPaiute politician
• Tamra Daeb. 1990USAmerican fitness model and bodybuilder
• Tamra KeenanAmerican female singers
• Tamra ReynoldsCAmusher

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 Tamra mean, and where does it come from?

A female given name from Hebrew, a rare nonstandard spelling of Tamara. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Tamra?

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

Is Tamra a male or female name?

Tamra is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

In which country does Tamra have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Tamra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tamra.

How common is the name Tamra?

In the United States, the national register counted 12,719 people named Tamra in 2020, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.