A middle name for Tamar

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Sorry to start another Tamar thread, but usually when I ask a question on a current thread it's missed by most of the new posters!

What middle name do you think goes well with Tamar (pronounce the Hebrew way - like T'mahr)?

My other daughter is called Tabitha - are these names too similar? I don't want to give away other children's names as too outing but they're also biblical and varying levels of popularity).

Thank you! 😊

River
Bridget

I'd use Tamara, although I think Tamar is lovely, but she'll have people calling her Tamar

You can’t use River!
Miriam
Ruth
Elena

It will never be pronounced properly which would put me off before I ever got to thinking about a middle name I'm afraid.

I don't live in the UK so will be pronounced properly 99% of the time. Will just need to let British family and friends know the correct pronunciation when we visit the UK.

I love Tamar Miriam!

How about whether Tamar and Tabitha are too similar?

(I dont like Tamara, a bully at my school was called Tamara!)

Tamar is a boys name. My Israeli friend is called Tamar

I assumed Tamar was for a boy? I was going to suggest Tamar Joshua. I don't think Tabitha and Tamar are too similar if boy / girl siblings

However I've not seen your other post and other posters are suggesting Tamar is for a girl. In that case I think they do seem similar and I'm not a fan. I would give her a girly name like Isobel so she has options as an adult (and would be envious of my sister's name)

Tamar is a biblical girl's name. Perhaps its sometimes used as a unisex name but it's very much normally a girl's name, including in Israel.

Tamar is the number 1 girl's name in Israel. So yes it's a girl's name.
Mine is pronounced Taymar and her middle name is Sarah (in case she hates her unusual name when older). But she's named after the river not the Biblical name.

In fact, I believe it's the most commonly used Israeli baby girl name in recent years!

Thoughts on:

• Tamar Phoebe (another biblical favourite but thought it was too popular for first name)
• Tamar Genevieve (husband's favourite name, but we only like the British pronunciation, but reluctant to use as a first name as we have a lot of French friends here and seems a bit embarrassing to use a mispronounced French name!)
• Tamar Beatrix (this name just makes me happy!)

I also find people automatically pronounce it your way? So don't worry about that either.

Tamar Elizabeth?