Amber

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

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

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Amber, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Crystal
• Beryl
• Emerald
• Coral
• Brittany
• Garnet
• Heather
• Brandy
• Clover
• Becky
• Brooke
• Ginger

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Amber is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Pakistan, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written আমের, Ameru

• Polish given name26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Russia, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Амбер, Амбър, Àmbêr, Ambër, Ãmbëŕ

• Chinese given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Taiwan, China, United Kingdom

  Languages: Chinese, Burmese

  Also written Ambër, Åmber, Ambêr, Àmber, Âmbêr

• a separate given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Ämbër, Åmbēr

62 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●(measured from records)

Amber 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 English, Arabic: “precious ornament”; Gaelic meaning is not given in the text.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• From the vocabulary word for the gemstone amber, a word derived via Old French and Latin from Arabic ambar. This was first used as a given name at the end of the roth century, but has become particularly popular in the past couple of decades. In part it owes its popularity to Kathleen Winsor’s novel Forever Amber (1944).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

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

• In English, ruined city, India

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, The name of a semi-precious stone

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

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)

• Amber Lynnb. 1964USpornographic performer (b. 1964)
• Amber Smithb. 1971USAmerican actress and model
• Amber Vallettab. 1974USAmerican model and actress
• Tiffani Thiessenb. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1974)
• Amber Tamblynb. 1983USAmerican actress and writer
• Amber Rose Levonchuckb. 1983USAmerican model and television personality
• Amber Heardb. 1986USAmerican actress
• Amber Stevens Westb. 1986USAmerican actress and model
• Amber Rose Revahb. 1986GBBritish actress
• Amber Rileyb. 1986USAmerican actress and singer

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)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Amber a male or female name?

Amber 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 are other forms of the name Amber?

In the etymology graph, Ambre, Amberly and Ambra are forms of the same name in other languages.

What does the name Amber mean, and where does it come from?

Muslim: 'amber, brownish-yellow' or 'jewel'; widely used in African jewelry and popular with Somali women. Recorded by African Names.

In which country does Amber have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 323 thousand people named Amber, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled amber.

Where is Amber most common?

Amber is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.0 thousand people carrying it.

How do you pronounce Amber?

A machine transcription gives /æmbə/ (IPA) for English.

How common is the name Amber?

In the United States, the national register counted 322,911 people named Amber in 2020, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.

How common is Amber compared with other names?

In the United States, Amber is the 235th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.