Ambara
loc · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ambara is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India. Recorded meaning: perfume, ambergris; feminine of Ambar.
- INIndia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 10 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
perfume, ambergris; feminine of Ambar
Sources 2
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ambara counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | — | 5 | Ambara | 10 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 3 | — | — |
| EC Ecuador | — | 1 | — | — |
| CL Chile | — | 1 | — | — |
| PK Pakistan | — | listed | — | 6 |
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: naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)
Ambara is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In txb, an unknown-gender given name
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, sky, atmosphere, space
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Kinyarwanda, wear (clothing)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Malagasy, to be revealed
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Arabic, (anbarah): perfume, ambergris; fem. of Ambar
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In Arabic, perfume, ambergris; feminine of Ambar
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ambara mean, and where does it come from?
- perfume, ambergris; feminine of Ambar Recorded by Digital Pāḷi Dictionary and A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- In which country does Ambara have the most bearers?
- Ambara is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ambara.
What do you want to know about Ambara?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ambaraThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Ambara”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.