Given name & surname
Amar
“one who will be forever beautiful”
Amar is a variant of Amara. One Greek interpretation is “one who will be forever beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amar is a variant of Amara. One Greek interpretation is “one who will be forever beautiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Amar is a variant of Amara. An origin associated with Amara is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Sanskrit अमर (“undying, immortal, imperishable”); its root is Sanskrit मृ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,334
- 4,989 boys · 345 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 196 babies
- 2025
- 149
- #1,388 for boys · #6,560 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 90% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 132 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,388 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 17 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (15). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,045 as a first name in 2020; 1,834 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amar’s family of names
In English usage, Amar shares an earlier linguistic root with Amari. Amar has a related form in Amara. In French usage, Amar has a related form in Aimar.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amar has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amar
- Amar DedićBosnian association football playerborn 2002
- Guru Amar DasThe third Guru of Sikhism1479–1574
- Amar BenikhlefAlgerian judokaborn 1982
- Amar OsimBosnian footballer (born 1967)
- Amar BoseIndian American academic entrepreneur (1929–2013)
- Amar MemićBosnian footballer (born 2001)
- Anandyn Amarformer president of Mongolia (1886-1941)
- AmarkantIndian writer (1925-2014)
- Amar Singh ChamkilaIndian singer (1960–1988)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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