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Jemar
How to Pronounce Jemar
Pronounced juh-MAR /dΚΙΛmΙΛr/Medium
Meaning: Jemar is a modern African American coinage close to Jamar and Lamar, pairing a Je- opening with the -mar ending those names share. It reads as a crisp, contemporary invention rather than a name with a single traceable root, though the -mar sound faintly echoes Lamar.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jemar is a modern American coinage in the Jamar and Lamar family, joining a Je- opening to the -mar ending those names carry. Black American families in the nineteen-seventies coined many such brisk two-beat names, and Jemar belongs to that group. It appears on United States birth records from the early nineteen-seventies and has trickled along quietly since.
It stayed rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year even at its high around nineteen-eighty, so a boy named Jemar then would be in his forties today. It reads as a name of its era rather than a comeback candidate.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Jemar mean?
It is a modern coinage in the Jamar and Lamar family, joining a Je- opening to a -mar ending; it has no separate dictionary meaning.
How do you pronounce Jemar?
It's said juh-MAR /dΚΙΛmΙΛr/, two syllables with the stress on the last.
Is Jemar a boy or girl name?
Jemar is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Jemar?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak around nineteen-eighty.