Amber Forename
2,858th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 363,458 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bhutan
Amber Forename Definition:
A Arabic name, meaning: This word originally was ambergris, but now is applied to fossil resin, with magnetic qualities, used as a semi-jewel. (Erse) Fierce.
Amber Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 277,940 | 1:1,304 | 283 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 31,629 | 1:6,145 | 818 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,640 | 1:2,119 | 436 |
| England | 100% | 8,334 | 1:6,672 | 621 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,015 | 1:2,810 | 518 |
| Australia | - | 5,247 | 1:2,603 | 450 |
| India | 91% | 3,921 | 1:309,839 | 28,538 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,040 | 1:15,104 | 2,092 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,847 | 1:2,456 | 435 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,162 | 1:60,298 | 6,100 |
| China | - | 1,020 | 1:1,339,270 | 37,595 |
| South Africa | 99% | 985 | 1:55,363 | 5,520 |
| Bhutan | 98% | 810 | 1:1,018 | 143 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Turkey | 97% | 578 | 1:134,605 | 3,673 |
| Philippines | 60% | 423 | 1:250,613 | 10,328 |
| Egypt | 91% | 390 | 1:235,643 | 8,182 |
| Scotland | 98% | 380 | 1:14,080 | 820 |
| Belgium | 100% | 330 | 1:34,818 | 2,047 |
| Wales | 100% | 296 | 1:10,454 | 825 |
| Afghanistan | 57% | 257 | 1:126,940 | 3,956 |
| Poland | 96% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Israel | 99% | 184 | 1:45,668 | 2,954 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 177 | 1:172,034 | 10,374 |
| Germany | 100% | 165 | 1:585,927 | 5,766 |
| Kuwait | - | 152 | 1:24,903 | 2,523 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 141 | 1:50,723 | 4,577 |
| Singapore | 90% | 132 | 1:47,629 | 6,669 |
| Nigeria | 53% | 127 | 1:1,398,145 | 31,553 |
| Spain | 100% | 112 | 1:415,446 | 5,801 |
| Qatar | 57% | 110 | 1:21,542 | 3,094 |
| Indonesia | - | 109 | 1:2,366,639 | 116,065 |
| Russia | 53% | 106 | 1:1,360,695 | 10,495 |
| Brazil | 100% | 105 | 1:2,040,344 | 42,702 |
| Hong Kong | - | 96 | 1:80,758 | 2,713 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Japan | - | 75 | 1:1,706,481 | 18,535 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 74 | 1:4,299 | 781 |
| Sweden | 95% | 74 | 1:133,215 | 5,291 |
| Namibia | - | 72 | 1:33,391 | 2,479 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 69 | 1:344,488 | 23,517 |
| Suriname | 100% | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Ireland | 100% | 45 | 1:103,189 | 2,518 |
| France | 100% | 44 | 1:1,510,690 | 9,950 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 44 | 1:30,941 | 3,244 |
| South Korea | - | 43 | 1:128,940 | 5,936 |
| Mexico | 78% | 41 | 1:3,027,913 | 15,045 |
| Guam | - | 38 | 1:4,228 | 780 |
| Denmark | - | 35 | 1:161,414 | 3,904 |
| Norway | 100% | 33 | 1:155,525 | 4,252 |
| Albania | 78% | 28 | 1:108,806 | 7,321 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 25 | 1:1,208,076 | 24,638 |
| Belize | 100% | 23 | 1:15,405 | 1,953 |
| Ecuador | - | 22 | 1:805,769 | 6,913 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 22 | 1:373,341 | 6,715 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 19 | 1:97,008 | 1,465 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Italy | 99% | 19 | 1:3,213,794 | 18,941 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Czechia | 100% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Jersey | - | 15 | 1:6,665 | 705 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Peru | 80% | 13 | 1:2,445,496 | 23,318 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 13 | 1:1,186,447 | 39,196 |
| Honduras | 100% | 12 | 1:734,789 | 9,414 |
| Nepal | 100% | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Panama | 100% | 12 | 1:325,546 | 10,471 |
| Chile | 90% | 11 | 1:1,600,655 | 12,027 |
| Colombia | 100% | 11 | 1:4,343,539 | 25,849 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 11 | 1:433,450 | 6,937 |
| Guyana | 100% | 11 | 1:69,387 | 5,899 |
| Finland | 94% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Vietnam | - | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Barbados | - | 7 | 1:41,398 | 2,139 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Uganda | 50% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Hungary | 88% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
Amber (9,345) may also be a surname.
Amber Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Arabic name, meaning: This word originally was ambergris, but now is applied to fossil resin, with magnetic qualities, used as a semi-jewel. (Erse) Fierce.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Amber Forename Popularity
Amber Demographics
Average Amber Salary in
United States
$37,027 USD
Per year
Rank:
295,851 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0637212
Rank: 323 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
85.06%
Sample size: 141,866 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Amber Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amber in the Russian language | ||
| Амбер | amber | - |
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