Ambar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ámbar in DO Dominican Republic, PA Panama, CO Colombia and 1 more.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 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◐

Ambar is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name29K records spelled Ambar14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Malaysia

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written Ámbar, Ãmbar

• Indonesian given name15K records spelled Ambar4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Ambar, Ámbar

• a separate given name12K records spelled Ambar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ecuador, Pakistan

  Also written Âmbar, Ámbar

• Portuguese given name2.5K records spelled Ambar10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Paraguay, Peru

  Also written Ámbar, Âmbar, Anbar, Anbär, Ànbar

• Vietnamese given name895 records spelled Ambar3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Spain, Vietnam

  Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

  Also written Ámbar

• Lao given name837 records spelled Ambar10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, India, Thailand, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Ámbar, แอมบา, Amba, Ámbár, Àmbar

45 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●

Ambar 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 Arabic, (‘anbar) perfume, ambergris

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• ambergris

  as a name·Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

• gett ambergris, night, saffron

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• sky, horizon

  as a name·A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

• In Kurdish, alternative form of embar (“storehouse”)

  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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 74 years between 1925–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ámbar Pastb. 1949MXMexican author
• Ambar Martinezb. 1985USAmerican actress
• Ambar Lucidb. 2001USmusical artist
• Ámbar Figueroab. 2007CLChilean footballer
• Ambar de la HorraESSpanish actress

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 · 544 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ambar?

We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Ambar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Ambar have the most bearers?

Ambar is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled ambar.

Where is Ambar most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ambar is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 2.3 thousand people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ambar compared with other names?

In Argentina, Ambar is the 432nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Ambar a male or female name?

Ambar 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 Ambar mean?

Recorded meaning: Any of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans.