Isamar
Itamar, also spelled Ithamar or Etamar, is a Hebrew masculine given name. The name means "isle of palms" in Hebrew, from the Hebrew i and tamar. The Yiddish form is Issamar, also spelled Isamar. No feminine form of the name exists in Hebrew or Yiddish but it is feminized in Portuguese and Spanish by adding an -a to the end of the name, making it Itamara or Ithamara.
Meaning & Origin of Isamar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Itamar, also spelled Ithamar or Etamar, is a Hebrew masculine given name. The name means "isle of palms" in Hebrew, from the Hebrew i and tamar. The Yiddish form is Issamar, also spelled Isamar. No feminine form of the name exists in Hebrew or Yiddish but it is feminized in Portuguese and Spanish by adding an -a to the end of the name, making it Itamara or Ithamara.
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The Story of Isamar
Isamar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1990, with 447 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 447 Isamars were born — ranking #531 that year. As of 2026, Isamar ranks #2,984 for baby girls with 55 births, rising sharply (+67% over the past five years). In total, more than 2K Isamars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Isamar
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- Ithamar, Bishop of Rochester (also Ythamar, fl. 7th century CE), English bishop
- Itamar Assumpção (1949–2003), Brazilian songwriter and composer
- Itamar Batista da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian football forward
- Itamar Bellasalma (born 1950), Brazilian footballer and manager
- Itamar Ben-Avi (1882–1943), Israeli journalist and pioneer of modern Hebrew
- Ithamar Ben-Canaan (born 1976), Israeli writer
- Itamar Ben-Gvir (born 1976), Israeli politician
- Itamar Biran (born 1998), Israeli alpine ski racer
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About the name Isamar
Isamar is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Isamar's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #531. Use the chart and map above to compare Isamar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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