Tamir

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Tamir (disambiguation).

Tamir

Pronunciation	tah-meer
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Hebrew, Mongolian
Origin
Language(s)	Hebrew, Mongolian
Meaning	Tall or arcane (different spelling in Hebrew); Strength/Vigor (Mongolian)
Other names
See also	Tami Tamar

Tamir is a male Hebrew name תָּמִיר meaning "tall". A different Hebrew spelling, טמיר, means "arcane, secretive".

It is also a common Mongolian name, where it refers to strength/vigor, as well as the Tamir River.

People

Given name

• Tamir Ben Ami, Israeli footballer and manager
• Tamir Blatt (born 1997), Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Tamir Bloom (born 1971), American épée fencer; 2x US champion
• Tamir Cohen, Israeli soccer midfielder (Bolton Wanderers & Israeli national team)
• Tamir Gonen (born 1975), American biochemist
• Tamir Goodman (born 1982), Israeli-American basketball shooting guard
• Tamir Kahlon, Israeli footballer
• Tamir Linhart, Israeli footballer
• Tamir Muskat, Israeli musician
• Tamir Rice, American shooting victim
• Tamir Ruffin, American musician
• Tamir Pardo, Israeli intelligence officer
• Tamir Saban (born 1999), American-Israeli basketball player
• Tamir Sapir (1946-2014), Soviet-born American businessman

Surname

• Andryein Tamir (born 1986), Mongolian swimmer
• Amit Tamir, Israeli basketball center/forward (Hapoel Jerusalem)
• Arnon Tamir, Israeli footballer
• Avital Tamir, Israeli musician
• Avraham Tamir, Israeli major general
• Doron Tamir, Israeli military officer
• Nadav Tamir, Israeli diplomat
• Shmuel Tamir, Israeli independence fighter and politician
• Tami Tamir, Israeli computer scientist
• Yuli Tamir, Israeli academic and politician

Fictional characters

• Tamir, puppeteered by Tau Bennett and Bradley Freeman Jr in Sesame Street
• Captain Tamir, portrayed by Tom Avni in Valley of Tears

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Tamir
• All pages with titles containing Tamir