Amr
given name · Arabic · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Amr is a given name, most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is the 16th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Arabic and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: life. See Umar jc.
- EGEgypt1 in 302◐
- SASaudi Arabia1 in 4K
- AEUnited Arab Emirates1 in 4.1K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.6K ●
- Sources
- 242 ●
- 1 in 37K ◐
across 7 countries
123K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Meaning & origin●
life. See Umar jc
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #16 | 130,155 | 80K rec. | — | — | Amr | 214 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #191 | 5,620 | 2.1K rec. | — | — | Amr | 148 |
| SY Syria | #877 | 4,431 | 5.3K rec. | — | — | Amr | 46 |
| IN India | — | 3,064 | 1.1K rec. | — | 6 | Amr | 35 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 2,082 | 1.3K rec. | — | listed | Amr | 92 |
| US United States | — | 1,985 | 16K rec. | 1 in 168K | 2K | Amr | 242 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #204 | 1,835 | 1.7K rec. | — | — | Amr | 123 |
| AR Argentina | — | 1,546 | 37 rec. | — | 3 | Amr | 13 |
| DE Germany | — | 1,349 | 1.4K rec. | — | 1 | Amr | 100 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 1,249 | 1.6K rec. | — | — | Amr | 26 |
| YE Yemen | #269 | 940 | 982 rec. | — | — | Amr | 39 |
| AU Australia | — | 679 | 727 rec. | — | — | Amr | 59 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Arabic155K82%
- English9.2K5%
- Spanish3.4K2%
- French2.4K1%
- 2.2K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 155,310 | 82% |
| English | 9,229 | 5% |
| Spanish | 3,392 | 2% |
| French | 2,352 | 1% |
| 2,189 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Amr is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, old Arabic name
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In French, initialism of auto-mitrailleuse de reconnaissance (“reconnaissance machine-gun carrier or armored car”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Initialism of American Medical Response.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Aymara, jaliñaro purithar: Tener pcníamiento depeccado.'
as a wordVocabulario de la lengua aymara
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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1974 | 5 |
| 1977 | 6 |
| 1980 | 5 |
| 1981 | 6 |
| 1983 | 9 |
| 1985 | 7 |
| 1986 | 8 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1988 | 15 |
| 1989 | 5 |
| 1990 | 10 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1992 | 13 |
| 1993 | 15 |
| 1994 | 20 |
| 1995 | 16 |
| 1996 | 22 |
| 1997 | 18 |
| 1998 | 24 |
| 1999 | 19 |
| 2000 | 29 |
| 2001 | 20 |
| 2002 | 35 |
| 2003 | 35 |
| 2004 | 46 |
| 2005 | 41 |
| 2006 | 37 |
| 2007 | 54 |
| 2008 | 34 |
| 2009 | 40 |
| 2010 | 24 |
| 2011 | 35 |
| 2012 | 25 |
| 2013 | 25 |
| 2014 | 28 |
| 2015 | 34 |
| 2016 | 22 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2019 | 23 |
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2025 | 20 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 46 years between 1974–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- 'Amr ibn al-'Asb. 570SAArab military commander and governor (c.573–664)
- Sibawayhb. 760IRnot in their usual namePersian grammarian from Basra (c.760–796)
- Al-Jahizb. 775IQnot in their usual nameArabic writer (776–869)
- Amr Moussab. 1936EGpolitician from Egypt
- Amr Diabb. 1961EGEgyptian singer, composer and actor
- Amr Abdel Gelilb. 1963EGEgyptian actor
- Amr Khaledb. 1967EGEgyptian television preacher
- Amr Wakedb. 1973EGEgyptian actor
- Amr Zakib. 1983EGEgyptian footballer
- Amr Wardab. 1993EGEgyptian association football player
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●
Attested in 56 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2K | #7,521 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 277 | #4,123 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 186 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 161 | #115,151 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 152 | #5,795 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 128 | #12,965 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 110 | #6,808 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 104 | #156,044 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 96 | #2,141 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 91 | #2,063 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 85 | #4,863 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 82 | #5,790 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 205 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Amr?
- We estimate roughly 2.6 thousand people bear Amr (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Amr have the most bearers?
- Amr is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled amr.
- How common is Amr compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Amr is the 16th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.
- Is Amr a male or female name?
- Amr is a male 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 Amr mean?
- Recorded meaning: life. See Umar jc
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Amr” — the 16th most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.