How do you pronounce Tamar?

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I have pronounced it Ta (with a short 'a' sound, like the 'a' in 'cat') - Mar (to rhyme with car). With the emphasis on the second syllable, the 'mar'. This is how I've heard it used by the only Tamars I've known (but none of them are British).

I posted another thread asking between Tamar and another name what was preferred and people mentioned pronunciation issues with Tamar and also one person said they wouldn't like the nickname 'Tay'. I was confused as I didn't understand where that nickname would come from? Now I'm wondering if there's another pronunciation used in the UK (something like 'Tay-mar'), which is assume much have the emphasis on the first syllable?

I love Tamar (said the first way) and although I don't like in the UK, I'm British and still have family wnd friends back home so don't want to choose a name that sounds horrible with the typical British pronunciation!

So how would you pronounce this name? Like me? Or the second way?

I'd pronounce it like you said you would. But I've never heard of it before.

Tay-mar

like the river

I know any Australian Tamar, pronounced Tay-Mar

*I don't live in the UK. I'm worried that typo made it look like i said "I don't like the UK" 😳

*an Australian

Tay-Mar like the river

Tay-mar.

I’m not British, but I live here.

Same as the river, Tay-mar.

I would say Tay-mar like the river between Devon and Cornwall

Tay-mar. Never come across it as a persons name, only associate it with the estuary and holidays!

Yep, river between Devon and Cornwall is the Tamar pronounced Tay mar

I know a tamar pronounced as you would say it and she does get called Tay mar quite a bit

For some reason Tamara is easier for brits

Tay-mar. As pp said, the river Tamar is in the south-west of England and is pronounced like that so it's likely to be the pronunciation more people would be familiar with I'd guess.

I’m British. I’ve never heard this name before, so I’d pronounce it TAY-mar, stress on the first syllable.

Tamar pronounced your way makes sense - Lamar, Tamara etc. But if I didn’t know the name and hadn’t heard it before I’d say it Tay-mar.

Tay-Mar

As others have said, it’s a river in the SW of England.

Tay-mar. Never heard it the other way.

I would say it the way you described it, but that’s because I’ve met people in other countries with the name.

Same

Tay mar as in the Tamar bridge?

The bridge gives me the rage. You have to pay to get in to Plymouth but not Cornwall. That’s not right!

same as everyone else- like the river and the biblical name.

The only Tamar I know pronounces it Tay-mar

I've one known one, and she pronounced is T'mahr. I understood that this is the Hebrew pronunciation (she is Jewish) but I may be wrong

Tay mar.
great name, beautiful river.

Maybe read the bible stories before you use it though.

The biblical name is pronounced with the first pronunciation - not like Tay-mar. The Hebrew pronunciation is the first pronunciation.

I have read the bible stories which are the thing putting me off the name (well, one of the things, now I've realised there's pronunciation issues too)

I'm English. Tay-mar