Kamara

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kamara is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname29K records spelled Kamara9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Côte d’Ivoire, United States, Spain

  Languages: French, Spanish, Catalan

  Also written Kämãrâ, Kämâra, Kãmärâ, Kâmara, Kàmàrà

• Hindi surname3.5K records spelled Kamara4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Kämärä

• a separate surname2.5K records spelled Kamara4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Ethiopia

  Also written Kämära, Kāmaṛa, Kämärä

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Kamara is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from a personal name based on Arabic qamar ‘moon’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Hungarian, chamber (one of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, cabin (a private room on a ship)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, hard crust

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In izh, pork rind

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 59 years between 1965–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Moussa Dadis Camarab. 1964GNnot in their usual namePresident of Guinea
• Henri Camarab. 1977SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese and French footballer
• Zoumana Camarab. 1979FRnot in their usual nameFrench football manager (born 1979)
• Diomansy Kamarab. 1980FRSenegalese-French footballer (born 1980)
• Ola Kamarab. 1989NONorwegian footballer
• Aboubakar Kamarab. 1995FRMauritanian and French association football player
• Glen Kamarab. 1995FIFinnish association football player
• Mohamed Ali Camarab. 1997GNnot in their usual nameGuinean footballer
• Boubacar Kamarab. 1999FRFrench footballer (born 1999)
• Aguibou Camarab. 2001GNnot in their usual nameGuinean football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 149 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kamara?

We estimate roughly 8.6 thousand people bear Kamara (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Kamara have the most bearers?

We estimate about 6.3 thousand people bear Kamara in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled kamara.

How common is Kamara compared with other names?

In Sierra Leone, Kamara is the most common surname of 472 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Kamara mean?

Recorded meaning: from kamara ‘little room’, from Latin camera or camara ‘house’, ‘room’, ‘royal treasury’.