Kemar

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name 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◐

Kemar is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name191 records spelled Kemar2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada

  Also written Kémar

40 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●

Kemar is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, present indicative of kema

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

• In lad, to burn

  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) — 37 years between 1989–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kemar McGregorb. 1980JMReggae musician
• Kemar Burrowesb. 1981USbasketball player
• Kemar Thompsonb. 1982JMJamaican musician
• Kemar Jarrettb. 1982JMJamaican criminal
• Kemar Scottb. 1987GBFootballer (born 1987)
• Kemar Roachb. 1988BBBarbadian cricketer
• Kemar Bailey-Coleb. 1992JMJamaican sprinter
• Kemar Lawrenceb. 1992JMJamaican footballer
• Kemar Headleyb. 1993BBBarbadian footballer
• Kemar Mowattb. 1995JMJamaican athletics competitor

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 · 48 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kemar?

We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Kemar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.

In which country does Kemar have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.1 thousand people bear Kemar in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled kemar.

How common is Kemar compared with other names?

In Barbados, Kemar is the 31st most common given name of 1,320 given names recorded there.

Is Kemar a male or female name?

Kemar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.