Given name
Ambyr
“resembling the jewel; a warm honey color”
Ambyr is a variant of Amber. One French interpretation is “resembling the jewel; a warm honey color.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ambyr is a variant of Amber. One French interpretation is “resembling the jewel; a warm honey color.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ambyr is a variant of Amber. An origin associated with Amber is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Ambyr is a variant of Amber. The history of Amber gives this family its wider story. Amber began appearing as a given name toward the end of the nineteenth century. Kathleen Winsor’s 1944 novel Forever Amber later helped bring it wider attention.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ambyr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 283
- 0 boys · 283 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 291 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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