Amara

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Amira in EG Egypt, US United States, SY Syria and 18 more, อมรา in TH Thailand, Ameera in IN India and Амира in KZ Kazakhstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages 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◐

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

• English given name64K records spelled Amara24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Nigeria, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written A'Mara, Âmăřå, Amārä, Ãmärå, Ämâřą

• a separate given name7.8K records spelled Amara5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ethiopia, Morocco

  Also written Amarā, Ämara, Amará, Amāra

• Indonesian given name6.3K records spelled Amara4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, United States, Nigeria

  Also written Amara', 'Amara, Ämärä

72 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●

Amara 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.

• In pi, City in Siddhattha Buddha’s time; Sambahula and Sumitta became arahants there. BuA.186.

  as a name·Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

• In English, A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal".

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

• Hanuman (N); Jina (N); Kala (N); Krsna (N);

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• Devasena (N); Parvati (N); Sankata (N)

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• In Italian, forma feminina de Amaro

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 89 years between 1900–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Amara Essyb. 1944CIIvorian diplomat
• Amara Traoréb. 1965SNSenegalese and French footballer
• Amara Dianéb. 1982CIIvorian and French footballer
• Amara Karanb. 1984GBBritish actress
• Amara Babyb. 1989FRSenegalese and French footballer
• Amara Romanib. 1993USpornographic performer (b. 1993—2023)
• Lana Rhoadesb. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican internet personality, podcaster and former pornographic film actress
• Amara Millerb. 2000USAmerican actress
• Amara Nallob. 2006GBEnglish association football player
• Amarasimhanot in their usual nameIndian poet

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 · 872 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Amara?

We estimate roughly 66 thousand people bear Amara (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Amara have the most bearers?

Amara is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled amira.

How common is Amara compared with other names?

In Egypt, Amara is the 40th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.

Is Amara a male or female name?

Amara is a female 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.

What does the name Amara mean?

Recorded meaning: Abyssinian/Ethiopian: name for paradise; also Kiswahili 'urgent business'.