Kamara means moonlight or beautiful — from the Arabic/African. Alvin Kamara IS one of the NFL's most dynamic playmakers. The name carries the most directly Arabic-African moonlight-beauty. Three syllables of the NFL's-most-dynamic, Arabic-moonlight, and African-beautiful.
Alvin Kamara IS the NFL's most dynamic playmaker.The meaning moonlight IS luminously beautiful.Three syllables with a flowing, Arabic sound: kah-MAR-ah.Kam and Ara are both embedded.The most directly moonlight-beautiful.
Kamara means moonlight. Alvin IS the NFL's most dynamic playmaker.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Arabic/African; Alvin Kamara.
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Today
Kamara remains a beloved choice, ranking #3249 in the US. 2,055 babies have been named Kamara since 1965.
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How popular is Kamara?
2007peak year
Today, Kamara is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3249), with only about 53 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2007, 88 babies were given the name (ranked #2233 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Kamara's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 2,055 babies have been registered as Kamara since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Kamara's Life Path 5 is the adventurer's number — moonlight adventure. People named Kamara tend to be flowing, dynamic, and gifted at being the NFL's most dynamic AND Arabic moonlight.
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