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Amber

Word name, English
Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Wed Apr 23 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).

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Popularity of the name Amber

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Famous People Named Amber

  • Amber Rose (Levonchuk)
    American model and actress
  • Amber Laura Heard
    American actress
  • Amber Rose Tamblyn
    American actress
  • Amber Evangeline Valletta
    American supermodel
  • Amber Riley
    American actress and singer
  • Tiffani
    Amber Thiessen, American actress
  • Amber Portwood
    American reality TV personality ("Teen Mom")
  • Amber O'Neal/Holly
    American wrestler (born Kimberly Dawn Davis)
  • Amber Marie Jaeger
    American actress
  • Amber Josephine Liu
    Taiwanese,American singer and rapper from South Korean girl group f(x)\
  • Amber Gray
    American actress
  • 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"
  • Amber
    character in "Rainbow Fairies" series
  • Amber Millington
    character on TV's "House of Anubis"
  • Amber
    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"
  • Amber
    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
  • Amber
    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"
  • Amber
    main character in series "Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!"

International Variations of the name Amber

  • Ambra
    Italian
  • Inbar
    Israeli
  • Ambrette
    French

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