Ambra

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 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◐

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

• Albanian given name6.2K records spelled Ambra2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Italy, United States

  Also written Ămbŕă

49 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●

Ambra 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 Italian, do árabe ‘anbar; matronímico ou habitante de localidades chamadas Ambra/Ambria

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, weibl. Vom. italienischer Herkunft (italien. ambra »Bernstein«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Brillante

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In French, third-person singular past historic of ambrer

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

• In Polish, ambergris (substance in perfumes)

  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) — 49 years between 1952–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ambra Danonb. 1950ITItalian costume designer
• Ambra Polidorib. 1954MXMexican photographer
• Ambra Senatoreb. 1976ITItalian choreographer and university teacher
• Ambra Angiolinib. 1977ITItalian singer, showgirl, actress
• Ambra Meddab. 1982ITItalian Entrepreneur
• Ambra Lo Farob. 1991ITItalian actress
• Ambra Gutierrezb. 1992ITItalian model
• Ambra Vallob. 2000ITItalian ballet dancer
• Ambra Sabatinib. 2002ITItalian Paralympic athlete
• Ambra GambaleZASouth African artist

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 · 246 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ambra?

We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Ambra (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Ambra have the most bearers?

Ambra is most frequently recorded in Italy, where it is most often spelled ambra.

Where is Ambra most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ambra is densest in Albania — about 1 in 2.0 thousand people — even though Italy holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ambra compared with other names?

In Italy, Ambra is the 918th most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.

Is Ambra a male or female name?

Ambra 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 Ambra mean?

Recorded meaning: amber (fossil resin)