Amar
A unisex name of Arabic origin, meaning long-lived or immortal.
Amar by the numbers
In 2025, 55 babies in England and Wales were named Amar. In the US, 178 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 157 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Amar
Names that are said the same way as Amar, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean eternity
Like Amar, each of these has eternity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ericeternal ruler2,757 in the US (2017)
- Amaragrace, beauty, eternal449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ericketernal ruler; a form of Erik or Eric1,433 in the US (2017)
- Eriketernal ruler; ever powerful895 in the US (2017)
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Amar
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