Jahmar
Meaning of Jahmar
Jahmar is a masculine appellation, pronounced JAH-mar (/dʒɑmˈɑr/), whose etymological origins reside in late 20th-century American onomastic innovation, combining the prefix Ja–—a morphological element prevalent in African American naming conventions—with the morpheme –mar, which may allude to Latin mare (‘sea’) or to the Arabic name Jamar, colloquially signifying ‘moonlight’, although onomastic authorities offer no definitive derivation. Social Security Administration data indicate that Jahmar first emerged in the mid-1970s, with annual occurrences fluctuating between five and twenty and rank positions spanning approximately 649 to 925; its zenith—twenty registrations, rank 795—was recorded in 2002–03, while recent figures report twelve births in 2024 (rank 912), evidencing its sustained, albeit modest, presence within the Anglo-American naming landscape.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as JAH-mar (/dʒɑmˈɑr/)
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Notable People Named Jahmar
| Jahmar Young - |
| Jahmar Hamilton - |
