Amber

Word name, English

Updated Mon Mar 24 2025

Amber Origin and Meaning

The name Amber is a girl's name.

Though perhaps not as currently stylish as Ruby, Jade, or Pearl, Amber has a colorful history (remember the notorious Forever Amber heroine?). Unfortunately, it does come with the "Amber Alert" connotation for modern parents (and their children).

# 575 in the US

Amber Rank in US Top 1000

# 282 on Nameberry

Amber Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Amber

575US2023
282Nameberry2025
174Canada2021
122England2023
91Scotland2024
80Ireland2021
96Australia2015
90New Zealand2023
474Germany2016
85Netherlands2024
87Belgium2021

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Famous People Named Amber

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American reality TV personality ("Teen Mom")
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American wrestler (born Kimberly Dawn Davis)
Amber Marie Jaeger
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Amber Josephine Liu
Taiwanese,American singer and rapper from South Korean girl group f(x)\
Amber Gray
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Amber Rudd
British Home Secretary
Amber Mark
American singer,songwriter
Amber Fillerup Clark
blogger
Amber Jean Young
daughter of singer Neil Young
Amber Joy Halsey
daughter of Jaime Moore & Steve Halsey
Amber Dancy
American singer
Amber Chia
Malaysian supermodel
Amber Mariano
Reality Television personality best known for “Survivor”

The name Amber in Pop Culture

Amber St. Clare
main character in Kathleen Winsor's novel "Forever Amber"
Amber Mariens
character in movie "Clueless"
Amber Brown
title character in book series by Paula Danziger
Amber von Tussle
character in musical/film "Hairspray"
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character in "Rainbow Fairies" series
Amber Millington
character on TV's "House of Anubis"
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character on TV's "Hannah Montana"
Amber Dean
character on British TV's "Some Girls"
Amber Volakis
character on TV's "House"
The Chronicles of Amber
a fantasy novel series by Roger Zelazny
Amber House Trilogy
series by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed and Larkin Reed
Amber (The One
Legged Hypoglycemic), Amy Poehler character on TV's "Saturday Night Live"
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character in anime "Darker than Black"
Amber Simpson
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
Amber
character on TV's "The Tribe"
AMBER Alert
U.S. public notification of a kidnapped child
Amber Holt
character on TV's "Parenthood"
Amber Magewood
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
Amber Horn (A.K.A. Eva Mansfield)
character in MTV's "Awkward."
Amber
character on Disney Junior's animated show "Sofia the First"
Lady Amber
a squirrel in "Mossflower" by Brian Jacques
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character on Hit FOX sitcom "Married...with Children" appeared in 4 episodes from 1994 to 1995 , played by Juliet Tablak
Amber
female dinosaur character in the Saturday Morning cartoon series "Dink the Little Dinosaur"

International Variations of the name Amber

Ambra
Italian
Inbar
Israeli
Ambrette
French