Gender: Girl
Meaning: Amber, fossilized resin; the sky
Origin: Arabic/English
Popularity: Ranked #541 in 2024 with 558 babies born.
History: From the Arabic 'anbar,' originally referring to ambergris and later to the golden fossilized resin. It became popular as a given name in the English-speaking world in the 1960s–70s and peaked in the 1980s–90s. Kathleen Winsor's novel 'Forever Amber' (1944) helped launch it.
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Amber? About 1 in 5,965 babies born in 2024 were named Amber, or roughly 1.5 per day in the United States.
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