Given name & surname
Amara
“one who will be forever beautiful”
Amara is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who will be forever beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who will be forever beautiful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29,279
- 297 boys · 28,982 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 2,639 babies
- 2025
- 2,639
- #98 for girls · #8,286 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 2,630 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 98 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 38.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 9 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (327). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,327 as a first name in 2020; 1,153 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.
Amara’s family of names
Amara has a related form in Amari. Amara has a related form in Amar. Amara has a related form in Amaria.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Amarivariant
- Amarahvariant
- Amarvariant
- Amariavariant
- Amairavariant
- Amarievariant
- Amareevariant
- Amarravariant
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amara
- Amara TraoréSenegalese and French footballerborn 1965
- AmarasimhaIndian poet
- Amara EssyIvorian diplomat1944–2025
- Amara DioufSenegalese footballerborn 2008
- Amara DianéIvorian and French footballerborn 1982
- Amara BabySenegalese and French footballerborn 1989
- Amara MillerAmerican actressborn 2000
- Amara SimbaSenegalese footballerborn 1961
- Amara LakhousAlgerian writer, journalist and translatorborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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