Tamir is a male
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
name תָּמִיר meaning "tall". A different Hebrew spelling, טמיר, means "arcane, secretive".
It is also a common
Mongolian name
Mongolian names have undergone a number of changes in the history of Mongolia, both with regard to their meaning and their source languages. In Inner Mongolia, naming customs are now similar to Mongolia but with some differences.
Historical evolu ...
, where it refers to strength/vigor, as well as the
Tamir River.
People
Given name
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Tamir Ben Ami
Tamir Ben Ami is an Israeli footballer who now works as a manager.
Honours
*State Cup
The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Football in Israel, Is ...
, Israeli footballer and manager
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Tamir Blatt
Tamir Blatt ( he, תמיר בלאט; born May 4, 1997) is an Israeli professional basketball player for Alba Berlin of the German Basketball Bundesliga. He is the son of former basketball player and coach David Blatt. In 2020-21 he led the Israel ...
(born 1997), Israeli basketball player in the
Israel Basketball Premier League
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Tamir Bloom
Tamir Bloom (born December 24, 1971) is an American epee fencer.
Personal life
Bloom was born in New York City, and is Jewish. He is a cousin of Israeli Olympian judoka Gil Ofer. Bloom has both U.S. and Israeli citizenship. He attended Millbu ...
(born 1971), American épée fencer; 2x US champion
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Tamir Cohen
Tamir Cohen ( he, תמיר כהן; born 4 March 1984) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the son of the late Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool player Avi Cohen.
Club career Early career
Cohen was born in ...
, Israeli soccer midfielder (
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
& Israeli national team)
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Tamir Gonen (born 1975), American biochemist
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Tamir Goodman
Tamir Goodman (born January 18, 1982) is a former American-Israeli professional basketball player. He was dubbed by ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine as the "Jewish Michael Jordan, Jordan".
After playing basketball for the Talmudical Academy of Ba ...
(born 1982), Israeli-American basketball shooting guard
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Tamir Kahlon, Israeli footballer
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Tamir Linhart
Tamir Linhart (born 18 November 1968 in Israel) is a former professional and college soccer player.
Career
Linhart played professionally for 7 years for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and won two times the National Championships. ...
, Israeli footballer
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Tamir Muskat
Tamir Muskat (in Hebrew תמיר מוסקט) is an Israeli musician/producer-sound engineer who was born and raised in Petach Tikva, Israel as son of a Romanian immigrant. His father was the manager of Anzeagi Conservatorion for music in Petach T ...
, Israeli musician
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Tamir Rice, American shooting victim
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Tamir Ruffin, American musician
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Tamir Pardo
Tamir Pardo ( he, תמיר פרדו; born 1953) is the former Director of the Mossad, taking over the role from Meir Dagan on January 1, 2011. The appointment was announced by Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 29, 2010.
Biogr ...
, Israeli intelligence officer
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Tamir Saban
Tamir “Seth” Saban (תמיר סבן; born October 19, 1999) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 meters), he primarily plays at the shooting guard and point gua ...
(born 1999),
American-Israeli basketball player
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Tamir Sapir
Tamir Sapir (born Temur Sepiashvili, ka, თემურ სეფიაშვილი; 1946/1947 – September 26, 2014) was a Georgia (country), Georgian-born, Georgian-American businessman, real estate developer and investor. He was the foun ...
(1946-2014), Soviet-born American businessman
Surname
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Andryein Tamir
Andryein Tamir (born April 24, 1986) is a Mongolian swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 64th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100 metre freestyle, finishi ...
(born 1986),
Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
n swimmer
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Amit Tamir
Amit Tamir ( he, עמית יוסף תמיר)(born December 2, 1979) is an Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall former center/ forward.
Biography
Amit Yosef Tamir was born in Jerusalem to A ...
, Israeli basketball center/forward (
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's leadi ...
)
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Arnon Tamir
Arnon Tamir (born March 14, 1986) is an Israeli footballer who plays for F.C. Shikun HaMizrah.Play ...
, Israeli footballer
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Avital Tamir
Avital Tamir ( he, אביטל תמיר) is an Israeli musician best known for his work as the lead singer for successful metal band Betzefer and for his experimental pop trio On Shoulders of Giants. He was also briefly a member of fellow Betz ...
, Israeli musician
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Avraham Tamir, Israeli major general
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Doron Tamir Doron Tamir is a former top intelligence officer of the Israel Defense Forces who participated in the founding of the Israel National Cyber Bureau (INCB) in the office of the Prime Minister of Israel
The prime minister of Israel ( he, רֹ ...
, Israeli military officer
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Nadav Tamir
Nadav Tamir ( he, נדב תמיר; born August 27, 1961) is a former Israeli diplomat. He is currently J Street Israel's new Executive Director and a senior advisor for governmental and international affairs in the Peres Center for Peace.
Tamir ...
, Israeli diplomat
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Shmuel Tamir
Shmuel M. Tamir ( he, שמואל תמיר, born Shmuel Katznelson; 10 March 1923 – 29 June 1987) was a prominent Israeli independence fighter, lawyer, patriot and Knesset member. After a successful career fighting the British he entered the K ...
, Israeli independence fighter and politician
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Tami Tamir, Israeli computer scientist
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Yuli Tamir
Yael "Yuli" Tamir ( he, יולי תמיר; born 26 February 1954) is an Israeli academic and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2010, and as Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Educatio ...
, Israeli academic and politician
Fictional characters
* Tamir, puppeteered by Tau Bennett and Bradley Freeman Jr in ''
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...
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* Captain Tamir, portrayed by Tom Avni () in ''
Valley of Tears
The Valley of Tears ( he, עֵמֶק הַבָּכָא, ''Emek HaBakha'') is the name given to an area in the Golan Heights after it became the site of a major battle in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, known as the Valley (or Vale) of Tears Battle, w ...
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See also
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References
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