Amber (given name)

Amber
	Amber is used to make jewelry, which has helped inspire that name.
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	from Arabic ʿanbar عنبر[better source needed] (ultimately from Middle Persian ambar) via Middle Latin ambar and Middle French ambre.
Meaning	"amber"

Amber is a feminine given name taken from amber, the fossilized tree resin that is often used in the making of jewelry. The word can also refer to a yellowish-orange color.^[3]

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The name was in occasional use in the early 1800s, according to United States census records.^[4] It first came into regular use in the Anglosphere in the late 1800s along with other gemstone names popular during the Victorian era. It rose in popularity following the release of the 1944 historical romance novel Forever Amber by American author Kathleen Winsor.^[5] Amber has been a popular name in most English speaking countries. In the United States, it ranked among the top 1,000 names at different points between 1880 and 1916 and again consistently between 1945 and 2022. It peaked in usage there in the 1990s, when it was the 20th most popular name in the United States.^[6] It has ranked among the top 50 names for girls in England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Australia and Canada in recent years.^[7] Variants have also been popular in other countries, including Ámbar in Spanish, which is currently among the most popular names for girls in Argentina, Ambre in French, which was among the top 10 names for newborn girls in France in recent years, and the Italian Ambra, which was among the top 10 names for baby girls in Albania and among the top 50 names for newborn girls in Italy in recent years.

English elaborations of the name in use include Amberlee, Amberleigh, Amberley, Amberli, Amberlie, Amberlin, Amberlinn, Amberly, Amberlyn and Amberlynn, among others.

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Women

Amber (performer) (born 1969), Dutch pop music/dance music performer and singer
Amber, stage name for Rie Eto (born 1973), Japanese pop music artist
Amber Agar (born 1976), English actress
Amber Aguirre (born 1958), American ceramic sculptor
Amber Allen (born 1975), Canadian professional soccer player
Amber An (born 1985), Taiwanese actress, singer, television host, and model
Amber Anderson (born 1992), British actress, pianist, and model
Amber Anning (born 2000), British runner
Amber Arcades (born 1988), Dutch singer-songwriter
Amber Arlint, American politician
Amber Atherton (born 1991), British entrepreneur and investor
Amber Bain (born 1995), birth name of The Japanese House, English indie pop musician
Amber Baker, American politician
Amber Balcaen (born 1992), Canadian professional stock car racing driver
Amber Barrett (born 1996), Irish international footballer
Amber Barretto, American actress
Amber Bellringer (born 1990), New Zealand netball player
Amber Benson (born 1977), American actress
Amber Bondin (born 1991), Maltese singer
Amber Bowman (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player and firefighter
Amber Boykins (born 1969), American politician
Amber Bracken (born 1984), Canadian photojournalist
Amber Bradley (born 1980), Western Australian former rower
Amber Briggle, American activist
Amber Brock (born 1980), American author
Amber Brooks (born 1991), American NWSL player
Amber Brown (fighter) (born 1988), American mixed martial arts fighter
Amber Bullock (born 1986), American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician
Amber Butchart (born 1980/1981), British fashion historian and writer
Amber Campbell (born 1981), American hammer thrower
Amber Campisi, American model, Playmate of the month for February 2005
Amber Carrington, American contestant on The Voice (American season 4)
Amber Case (born c. 1986), American cyborg anthropologist, user experience designer, and public speaker
Amber Chia (born 1981), Malaysian model and actress
Amber Christine Meidinger (born 1990), American convicted criminal
Amber Clarke (born 2004), Australian AFLW player
Amber Coffman (born 1984), American singer-songwriter
Amber Cope (born 1983), American professional stock car racing driver
Amber Copley, American beauty pageant titleholder
Amber Corwin (born 1978), American figure skater
Amber Cowan (born 1981), American artist and educator
Amber Cox (born 1973/1974), American sports executive
Amber Creek (1982–1997), American murder victim
Amber Curreen (born c. 1985), New Zealand actress and theatre producer
Amber D. Miller, American experimental cosmologist
Amber D (born 1982), British hard dance DJ
Amber Dalton, American professional esports player
Amber Dalton, Canadian founder of printmaking company Articulate Ink
Amber Davies (born 1996), Welsh actress and television personality
Amber Dawn, Canadian writer, editor, and poet
Amber de Botton, British journalist and political adviser
Amber Dermont, American author and professor
Amber Dotson, American country music artist
Amber DuBois (1994–2009), American murder victim
Amber Duncan (?–1993), American murder victim
Amber E. Boydstun, American political- and data scientist
Amber English (born 1989), American sport shooter
Amber Fallon (born 1983), American editor and horror story writer
Amber Fares, Lebanese Canadian filmmaker, documentarian, director, and cinematographer
Amber Ferenz (born 1972), American musician, music educator, and composer
Amber Ferreira (born 1982), American triathlete, coach, and endurance athlete
Amber Fiser, American WPF player
Amber Fleury (born 1979), Canadian recording artist
Amber Frank (born 1998), American actress
Amber Frey (1975–2002), American mistress of convicted murderer Scott Peterson
Amber Galloway (born 1977), American sign language interpreter, especially of songs
Amber Gaylor (born 1995), English association footballer
Amber Gell (born 1984), American program manager, former engineer and scientist, and STEM education advocate
Amber Gersjes (born 1997), Dutch judoka
Amber Giles (born 1992), birth name of Mija (DJ), American DJ, music producer, and promoter
Amber Gill (born 1997), English television personality and author
Amber Glenn (born 1999), American figure skater
Amber Gray, American actress and singer
Amber Guyger (born 1988), American convicted murderer
Amber Hagerman (1986–1996), American murder victim, after whom the AMBER Alert was named
Amber Hall (born 1977), Canadian former WNBA player
Amber Hall (rugby league) (born 1995), New Zealand rugby league footballer
Amber Halliday (born 1979), South Australian former rower and cyclist
Amber Harris (born 1988), American WNBA player
Amber Harrison (born 1945), alternate name of Fiona Richmond, English former glamour model and actress
Amber Hayes, American country music singer-songwriter
Amber Heard (born 1986), American actress
Amber Hearn (born 1984), New Zealand former professional soccer player
Amber Hikes, American civil rights activist
Amber Hodgkiss (born 1991), British actress
Amber Holcomb (born 1994), American singer
Amber Holland (born 1974), Canadian curler
Amber Holt (born 1985), American WNBA player
Amber Hood (born 1970), American actress
Amber Hughes (born 1994), American triple jumper and hurdler
Amber Hunt, several people
Amber Hurst Martin, American singer and actress
Amber J. Lawson (born 1972), American producer, entrepreneur, and online content- and development executive
Amber Jackson (born 1984), American former college- and professional softball player, and former college softball head coach
Amber Jacobs (born 1982), American former WNBA player
Amber-Jade Sanderson (born 1976), Australian politician
Amber Joiner (born 1976), American politician
Amber Joseph (born 1999), Barbadian cyclist
Amber Joy Vinson, American nurse who tested positive for the Ebola virus
Amber K (born 1947), pseudonym of Kitty Randall, American occult writer
Amber Kaldor (born 1990), Australian acrobatic gymnast
Amber Kani (born 1991), New Zealand rugby league footballer
Amber-Keegan Stobbs (born 1992), English professional footballer
Amber Kelleher-Andrews, American relationship matchmaker
Amber Kirk-Ford (born 1998), British columnist, blogger, and vlogger
Amber Kraak (born 1994), Dutch cyclist
Amber Kuo (born 1986), Taiwanese singer and actress
Amber L. Hollibaugh (1946–2023), American writer, filmmaker, activist, and organizer
Amber L. Puha, American mathematician and educator
Amber Lancaster (born 1980), American television personality
Amber Lawrence (born 1978), Australian country music singer-songwriter-guitarist
Amber Le Bon (born 1989), English fashion model
Amber Lee Connors (born 1991), American voice actress, dubbing director, and line producer
Amber Lee Ettinger (born 1982), American actress, Internet celebrity, model, and singer
Amber Leibrock (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
Amber Littlejohn (born 1975), Native American professional figure competitor
Amber Liu, several people
Amber Lu (born 1989), alternate name of Lu Shan (actress), Chinese actress and model
Amber Lynn (disambiguation), several people
Amber Lyon (born 1982), American investigative journalist, filmmaker, and photographer
Amber MacArthur (born 1976), Canadian Internet- and television personality
Amber Mae Cecil (1938–1998), Australian radio-, theatre-, and television actress
Amber Marchese (born 1977), American television personality and entrepreneur
Amber Mariano (born 1978), American television personality
Amber Mariano (politician) (born 1995), American politician
Amber Marie Bollinger, American actress
Amber Mark (born 1993), American singer, songwriter, and producer
Amber Marks (born 1977), British barrister and author
Amber Marshall, several people
Amber Maximus (born 1997), Belgian footballer
Amber McBride, American author, poet, and professor
Amber McLaughlin (1973–2023), American transgender woman executed for rape and murder
Amber McNaught (born 1976), British blogger, author, and former local journalist
Amber McReynolds (born 1979), American election administration expert
Amber Merritt (born 1993), English-born Australian wheelchair basketball player
Amber Midthunder (born 1997), American actress
Amber Morley, Canadian politician
Amber Musser, English professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies
Amber Nash (born 1977), American actress and improvisational comedian
Amber Neben (born 1975), American racing cyclist
Amber Neilson (born 1984), Australian retired soccer player
Amber Ojeda, American contestant on Platinum Hit
Amber O'Neal (born 1974), American professional wrestler
Amber Parkinson (born 1976), Australian épée fencer
Amber Pate (born 1995), Australian professional cyclist
Amber Peebles (born 1983), New Zealand TV host and beauty pageant titleholder
Amber Penrith (born 1980), English rugby union player
Amber Peterson (born 1982), Canadian freestyle skier
Amber Petty, Australian contestant on Australian Survivor (season 2)
Amber Pierce (born 1981), American professional racing cyclist
Amber Pilley (born 1997), Australian former rugby league footballer
Amber Portwood (born 1990), American reality television personality and convicted criminal
Amber Preston, American stand-up comedian
Amber Ramirez (born 1998), American basketball player
Amber Rayne (1984–2016), American pornographic actress
Amber Reed (born 1991), English rugby union player
Amber Reeves (1887–1981), New Zealand-born British feminist writer and scholar
Amber Richards (1957–1996), American transgender female impersonator, performer, and television personality
Amber Richards (set decorator), New Zealand set decorator
Amber Riley (born 1986), American actress, most famous for her role on the television series Glee as Mercedes
Amber Chardae Robinson (born 1989), actress
Amber Robles-Gordon (born 1977), American mixed media visual artist
Amber Rolfzen (born 1994), American volleyball player
Amber Rose (born 1983), American model
Amber Rose Kandarian (born 1982), Armenian-American filmmaker
Amber Rose Revah (born 1986), British actress, writer, and voice artist
Amber-Rose Rush (?–2018), New Zealand murder victim
Amber Rubarth, American singer-songwriter and actress
Amber Rudd (born 1963), British politician, MP for Hastings and Rye, former Home Secretary
Amber Ruffin (born 1979), American writer, comedian, and talk-show host
Amber Rutter (born 1997), English sport shooter
Amber S. Boehnlein, American particle physicist, computer scientist, and administrator
Amber Sainsbury (born 1978), New Zealand actress, philanthropist, and producer
Amber Savva (born 1993), English actress and theatre producer
Amber Scorah, Canadian-American writer, speaker, and activist
Amber Scott (born 1982/1983), Australian ballet dancer
Amber Sealey, British-American actress, screenwriter, and film producer- and director
Amber Settle, American computer scientist and professor of education and theory
Amber Seyer, American beauty pageant titleholder
Amber Share, American author and illustrator
Amber Shepherd, birth name of Amba Shepherd (born 1991), Australian singer
Amber Sherlock (born 1975), Australian journalist, television news presenter, and reporter
Amber Sibley, American make-up artist
Amber Siyavus, American waitress, and contestant on Big Brother 8 (American season)
Amber Skye Noyes (born 1988), American actress and singer
Amber Slagle (born 1996), American professional stock car racing driver, crew chief, and engineer
Amber Smith (disambiguation), several people
Amber Stevens West (born 1986), American actress
Amber Stachowski (born 1983), American water polo player
Amber Stocks, American WNBA executive consultant, coach, and former player
Amber Straughn (born c. 1979), American astrophysicist
Amber Swartz-Garcia (1980–?), American kidnapping victim
Amber Tamblyn (born 1983), American actress
Amber Tang (born 1995), Hong Kong hostess and actress
Amber Templemore-Finlayson, British film- and television director
Amber Theoharis (born 1978), American journalist, sports anchor- and reporter, documentary film producer, and tech executive
Amber Thomas (born 1993), Canadian Paralympic swimmer
Amber Torrealba (born 1990), American skimboarder and filmmaker
Amber Tuccaro (1990–?), Canadian First Nations woman who went missing in 2010, and found dead in 2012
Amber Tysiak (born 2000), Belgian professional footballer
Amber Valletta (born 1974), American actress and model
Amber van der Hulst (born 1999), Dutch professional racing cyclist
Amber Verspaget (born 1998), Dutch footballer
Amber Wadham (born 1996), Australian Internet personality, also known as Paladin Amber
Amber Wagner, American soprano
Amber Ward (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
Amber Welty (born 1967), American former track and field athlete
Amber Whiting, American college basketball coach
Amber Wutich, American anthropologist and professor
Amber Yobech (born 1991), Palauan swimmer
Amber Zhaoyang Wang, Chinese high fashion model

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Men

Amber Gurung (1938–2016), Nepalese composer, singer, and lyricist

Fictional characters

Amber Addison, in the US TV series Hannah Montana, played by Shanica Knowles
Amber Atkins, in the 1999 US black comedy mockumentary film Drop Dead Gorgeous, played by Kirsten Dunst
Amber Bailey, in the Irish TV crime drama series Amber, played by Lauryn Canny
Amber Brown, in a book by Paula Danziger
Amber Freeman, in the Scream series, played by Mikey Madison
Amber Gates, in the UK TV series Footballers' Wives, played by Laila Rouass
Amber Gemstone, in the US black comedy crime TV series The Righteous Gemstones, played by Cassidy Freeman
Amber Harvey, in the UK medical soap opera Doctors, played by Lisa Ellis
Amber Hearst, in the UK TV programme series The Story of Tracy Beaker, played by Alicia Hooper
Amber Hunt, in Malibu Comics' Exiles comic book series
Amber Johannsen, in the UK police procedural TV series The Bill, played by Myfanwy Waring
Amber Kalirai, in the UK TV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Nikki Patel
Amber Keenan, in the 2020 Irish coming-of-age comedy-drama film Dating Amber, played by Lola Petticrew
Amber Lamont, in the book Demon Road
Amber Mariens, in the 1995 US coming-of-age teen comedy film Clueless, and the TV series of the same name, played by Elisa Donovan
Amber Martin, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Alison Whyte
Amber Millington, in the US TV series House of Anubis, played by Ana Mulvoy-Ten
Amber Moore, in the US TV soap operas The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless, played by Adrienne Frantz
Amber Moss, in the US TV sitcom Unhappily Ever After, played by Dana Daurey
Amber Murdoch, in the Scottish TV soap opera River City, played by Lorna Anderson and Jenny Hulse
Amber Pigal-Simpson, Homer Simpson's illegal wife, voiced by Pamela Hayden
Amber Rhoades, in the US TV sitcom Married... with Children, played by Juliet Tablak
Amber Sharpe, in the UK soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Lydia Lloyd-Henry and Lauren Gabrielle-Thomas
Amber Simmons, in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Maddy Jevic
Ámbar Smith, in the Disney Channel Latin America series Soy Luna, played by Valentina Zenere
Amber Snoeckx, in the Belgian teen drama web series wtFOCK, played by Nona Janssens
Amber St. Clare, in the novel Forever Amber
Amber Sweet, in the 2008 US Gothic rock opera Repo! The Genetic Opera, played by Paris Hilton
Amber Turner, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Jenna Rosenow
Amber Volakis, in the US TV series House, played by Anne Dudek
Amber Von Tussle, in the 1988 US comedy film Hairspray, played by Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick & later played by Dove Cameron in Hairspray Live
Amber Waves, in the 1997 US period comedy-drama film Boogie Nights, played by Julianne Moore
Amber Whitmire, in the 1995 US supernatural comedy-drama film Casper, played by Jessica Wesson
Amber Williams, in the 2006 US direct-to-video slasher film I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, played by Brooke Nevin
Amber, in the 1952 Hindi costume action romance thriller film Amber, played by Tanuja (young Amber) and Nargis (adult Amber)
Amber, in the 2006 Malaysian short films The Amber Sexalogy, played by Melissa Maureen Rizal
Amber, in the Indian Hindi language TV series Amber Dhara, played by Kashmira Irani
Amber, in the US family comedy-drama TV series Andi Mack, played by Emily Skinner
Amber, in the mobile game Brawl Stars
Amber, in the US teen sitcom Clueless, played by Elisa Donovan
Amber, in the anime series Darker than Black
Amber, one of three identities of the Fool, who appears only in The Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Amber, in the Pokémon franchise
Amber the Orange Fairy, in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
Amber, in the video game Rune Factory 4
Amber, in the video game Genshin Impact
Amber, in the 1999 UK/New Zealand TV series The Tribe, played by Beth Allen
Amber, in the 2019 UK Millarworld comic book series Chrononauts: Futureshock
Amber (The One-Legged Hypoglycemic), in Saturday Night Live, played by Amy Poehler
Amber, in the 2000 US direct-to-video animated science fiction romantic comedy mystery film Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, voiced by Candi Milo
Amber, in the third volume of the animated web series RWBY
Amber, in the South Korean children's TV show Robocar Poli, voiced by Rebecca Soler
Princess Amber, in the US animated TV series Sofia the First, played by Darcy Rose Byrnes

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Notes

[1]
Harper, Douglas. "amber". Online Etymology Dictionary. and "amber". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
[2]
A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary, D N MacKenzie, Oxford University Press, 1971 Archived 3 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine, ISBN 0 19 713559 5
[3]
Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Amber". Behind the Name.
[4]
Evans, Cleveland Kent (23 May 2023). "Cleveland Evans: Amber still a somewhat rare jewel among first names". omaha.com. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
[5]
Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
[6]
"Top names of the 1990s". 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
[7]
Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Amber". Behind the Name.

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[etym-1] [1]
Harper, Douglas. "amber". Online Etymology Dictionary. and "amber". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[2] [2]
A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary, D N MacKenzie, Oxford University Press, 1971 Archived 3 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine, ISBN 0 19 713559 5

[3] [3]
Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Amber". Behind the Name.

[4] [4]
Evans, Cleveland Kent (23 May 2023). "Cleveland Evans: Amber still a somewhat rare jewel among first names". omaha.com. Omaha World Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

[5] [5]
Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

[6] [6]
"Top names of the 1990s". 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] [7]
Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Amber". Behind the Name.

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