Ambre
given name · Latin script
Meaning: French name from Latin ambar/ambra, from Greek ambrósia; linked to the gemstone and perfume amber
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɑ̃bʁ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ambre is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 537K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 464K
- DKDenmark1 in 489K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 158 (measured from records)
- 1 in 464K (inferred from the name graph)
620 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Latinambar/ambra(measured from records)
- Greekambrósia(measured from records)
French name from Latin ambar/ambra, from Greek ambrósia; linked to the gemstone and perfume amber.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ambre counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 620 | 1 in 537K | 599 | Ambre | 158 |
| PL Poland | 24 | 1 in 1.6M | 24 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 23 | 1 in 2.2M | 23 | Ambre | 5 |
| SE Sweden | 22 | 1 in 464K | 22 | — | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 12 | 1 in 1.4M | 12 | Ambre | 7 |
| DK Denmark | 12 | 1 in 489K | 12 | — | — |
620 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ambre 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 French, amber (fossil resin)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Deux étymologies possibles: grecque, forme féminine d’Ambroise, ou arabe, lié à l’ambre gris.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In nrm, a female given name, equivalent to English Amber
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, amber (semiprecious stone)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, A bucket; a measure.
as a wordkaikki.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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ambre Magnierb. 1976FRFrench politician
- Ambre Vourvahisb. 1992GRGreek-French singer
- Ambre Rochardb. 1995FRFrench actress
- Ambre Ballenghienb. 2000BEBelgian field hockey player
- Ambre Colletb. 2002BEBelgian association football player
- Ambre Esnaultb. 2002FRFrench synchronized swimmer
- Ambre Allinckxb. 2002CHSwiss professional squash player
- Ambre Boukebzaactress
- Ambre AndrieuFrench model
- BambyFRnot in their usual namesinger
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 41 sources across 23 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ambre mean, and where does it come from?
- French name from Latin ambar/ambra, from Greek ambrósia; linked to the gemstone and perfume amber. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- In which country does Ambre have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 620 people named Ambre, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ambre.
- Where is Ambre most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ambre is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 464 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- Is Ambre a male or female name?
- Ambre 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.
- How do you pronounce Ambre?
- A machine transcription gives /ɑ̃bʁ/ (IPA) for French.
- What are other forms of the name Ambre?
- In the etymology graph, Amber, Amberly and Ambra are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Ambre?
- In the United States, the national register counted 620 people named Ambre in 2020, about 1 in 537 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ambreThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ambre”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.