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Jarmar
How to Pronounce Jarmar
Pronounced jar-MAR /dʒɑːrˈmɑːr/Medium
Meaning: Jarmar is a late-twentieth-century African American coinage that reworks the popular Jamar and Jamal, whose own root is the Arabic jamal, 'beauty.' The doubled -r gives it a firmer, more percussive ring than Jamar, but there is no separate literal meaning; it is prized for sound and family resemblance.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jarmar turns up in United States birth records from the early 1970s as a boys' coinage built on the fashionable Jamar and Jamal. It leans on the Arabic root jamal, 'beauty,' that made Jamal a favorite, then adds its own rhythm.
It was never common, reaching only a couple dozen boys a year around its late-1980s high and staying rare otherwise. A boy named Jarmar then is in his late thirties now, part of a generation that prized fresh, self-styled names.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Jarmar mean?
It is a modern coinage related to Jamar and Jamal, whose root is the Arabic word for beauty; Jarmar itself is valued for its sound.
How do you pronounce Jarmar?
It's said jar-MAR /dʒɑːrˈmɑːr/, two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Jarmar a boy or girl name?
Jarmar is used as a boy's name.
Is Jarmar a popular name?
No, it has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year even in the late nineteen-eighties.