Amber (name)
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Amber is used to make jewelry, which has helped inspire that name. | |
Gender | Female |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Origin | |
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.[1]
Amber has been a popular name in most English speaking countries. It was the 20th most popular name in the U.S. in the 1990s.[2] It has ranked among the top 50 names for girls in England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Australia and Canada in recent years.[3]
Variants
- Ámbar (Spanish)
- Amberleigh (English)
- Amberly (English)
- Amberlynn (English)
- Ambra (Italian)
- Ambre (French)
- Ambrétte (French)
- Inbar (Hebrew)
People
- Amber (performer), a pop music/dance music performer and singer
- Amber, a stage name for the J-pop music artist Rie Eto
- Amber Benson, American actress
- Amber Bondin, Maltese singer.
- Amber Campisi, American model, Playmate of the month for February 2005.
- Amber Corwin, figure skater.
- Amber Frey, the mistress of convicted murderer Scott Peterson
- Amber Hagerman, American murder victim, after whom the AMBER Alert was named.
- Amber Heard, American actress.
- Amber Littlejohn, Native American professional figure competitor
- Amber Liu, Taiwanese-American singer who is a member of f(x)
- Amber Lynn, American pornographic actress
- Amber MacArthur, Canadian internet and television personality
- Amber Mariano, née Brkich, a participant in the reality TV show Survivor on the Australian Outback and All-Stars seasons
- Amber Merritt, Australian wheelchair basketball player
- Amber Rayne, American pornographic actress
- Amber Riley, American actress, most famous for her role on the television series Glee as Mercedes
- Amber Rose, American model
- Amber Rudd MP, UK Home Secretary
- Amber Tamblyn, American actress
- Amber Valletta, American actress and model
Fictional characters
- Amber, a character in the television series Hannah Montana
- Amber Pigal-Simpson, the illegal wife of Homer Simpson
- Amber (The One-Legged Hypoglycemic), a recurring Saturday Night Live character played by Amy Poehler
- Amber (often called February), a character from the anime series Darker than Black
- Amber, a fictional character from the television series The Tribe (1999–2003)
- Amber Volakis, a character from the television series House
- Amber is one of three identities of the Fool, who appears only in The Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb
- Amber Milligton, from House of Anubis
- Amber Moore, a character on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She is also a former character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless (2006–2010)
- Amber Gates, a character from the British television series Footballers' Wives from its third series
- Amber, a dog from Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
- Princess Amber from Sofia the First
- Amber Lamont, main character in the book Demon Road
- Amber Williams, main character in the horror film I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
Literature
- Forever Amber, a novel by Kathleen Winsor in 1944, and a film in 1947
- Amber Brown (series), a character in a book by Paula Danziger
- Amber House, a 2012 novel in a trilogy by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed and Larkin Reed
Notes
- ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Amber". Behind the Name.
- ↑ "Top names of the 1990s". 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017.
- ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Amber". Behind the Name.
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