Tamir
Fewer than 130 people in Poland carry it, every one of them a man, so most Poles will never meet a Tamir. The name comes from Hebrew and means "tall".
Tamir Pronunciation
Tamir is pronounced TAH-meer (/ˈtamir/).
What Tamir means
Where Tamir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tamir comes from Hebrew, and there it means tall. The word grows from the same root as tamar, the date palm, a tree that stands high in dry ground. From that tree the Polish reading takes its two words, palma and siła.
The name belongs to two cultures. Jewish families in Israel carry Tamir as both a first name and a surname. Arabic speakers hold the near relative Tamer, linked to tamr, the dried date. Both rest on the same palm.
The height came first. The sense of strength settled onto the name later, once readers heard the tall palm behind it. On a Polish class register Tamir would sit rare among the Antonis and Jakubs, a Hebrew word for tall.
How many people are named Tamir
1 in 173546 men in Poland is named Tamir. 123 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3034 among male names.
Tamir's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Tamir as a middle name
Tamir is a first name for 123 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 95/5 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4477th, between Tair (6) and Tao (6).
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#4475 Tahsin6
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#4476 Tair6
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#4477 Tamir6
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#4478 Tao6
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#4479 Tashi6