First name origin & meaning: African American: Handsome First name variations: Jamaar, Jamaari, Jamaarie, Jamahrae, Jamair, Jamara, Jamaras, Jamaraus, Jamarr, Jamarre, Jamarrea, Jamarree, Jamarri, Jamarvis, Jamaur, Jammar, Jarmar, Jarmarr, Jaumar, Jemaar, Jemar, Jimar, Jamal, Jamalle Last name origins & meanings:
- Probably an altered spelling of the French surname
Jamard, from the Germanic personal name Gamhard, of
which the first element gam- may be a shortened form of
gamal ‘old’ or gaman ‘joy’; the second element
hard means ‘hardy’, ‘strong’.
- Northern Slovenian: topographic name for someone who lived in a cave or pit, from an agent
derivative of jama ‘pit’, ‘cave’, ‘hole’.
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