Itamar (name)
{{Short description|Hebrew male given name}}
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Itamar ({{langx|he|אִיתָמָר|ʼĪṯāmār}}) is Hebrew masculine given name. Variants in English include Etamar, Isamar or Ithamar. It likely originally meant "island of palms" or "father of Tamar".{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ithamar|first=T.|last=Whitelaw|encyclopedia=International Standard Bible Encyclopedia|date=1939|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.|url=https://www.internationalstandardbible.com/I/ithamar.html}} In Aramaic, the word means "saying".{{Cite web|title=איתמר|url=https://www.itim.org.il/name-archive/איתמר/|access-date=23 February 2022|website=Itim|language=he-IL}}{{Cite web|title=איתמר פירוש|url=https://www.milononline.net/do_search.php?vid=1044681&Q=%25E0%25E9%25FA%25EE%25F8|access-date=23 February 2022|website=Milon Online|language=he-IL}}
In the Tanakh, the name is borne by Ithamar, the youngest son of Aaron. Itamar may also refer to:
People
- Ithamar, Bishop of Rochester (7th century), English bishop
- Itamar Assumpção (1949–2003), Brazilian songwriter and composer
- Itamar Batista da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian football player
- Itamar Ben-Avi (1882–1943), Israeli journalist and pioneer of modern Hebrew
- Ithamar Ben-Canaan (born 1976), Israeli writer
- Itamar Ben-Gvir (born 1976), Israeli politician
- Itamar Biran (born 1998), Israeli alpine ski racer
- Itamar Einhorn (born 1997), Israeli Olympic cyclist
- Itamar Even-Zohar (born 1939) Israeli sociologist and linguist
- Itamar Franco (1930–2011), Brazilian politician and President
- Issamar Ginzberg (born 1980), Israeli business consultant and journalist
- Ithamara Koorax (born 1965), Brazilian singer
- Itamar Marcus (born 1953), Israeli writer and political activist
- Itamar Marzel (born 1949), Israeli basketball player
- Itamar Moses (born 1977), American writer
- Itamar Nitzan (born 1987), Israeli football player
- Itamar Rabinovich (born 1942), Israeli historian, diplomat and president of Tel Aviv University
- Ithamar Romanos (born 1999), Lebanese female footballer
- Isamar Rosenbaum (1886–1973), Nadvorna Rebbe
- Itamar Rosensweig, American rabbi
- Itamar Schülle (born 1967), Brazilian football manager
- Itamar Shimoni (born 1968), Israeli politician
- Itamar Simonson (born 1951) Professor of marketing at Stanford University
- Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historian
- Ithamar Sloan (1822–1898), American politician and lawyer