Shamar

Where Shamar comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shamar.

Shamar through the years
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #3,963 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1985
    Shamar Sands born
    Bahamian athletics competitor
  4. 1997
    Shamar Nicholson born
    Jamaican footballer
  5. 2000
    Peak, #552
    383 babies named Shamar, the most in any year.
  6. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,138.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Shamar Nicholson · Jamaican footballer, born 1997
  • Shamar Sands · Bahamian athletics competitor, born 1985
  • Shamar Stephen · American football player, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.