Ambur
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AM-ber
- Origin
- English
Ambur is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “amber”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ambur mean?
English: spelling variant of Amber
“amber”
A spelling of Amber, the name of the fossil resin.
Is Ambur a girl's or a boy's name?
Ambur is a girls' name.
How popular is Ambur in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Ambur in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ambur in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Ambur
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Farah, Aaliyah, Aysha, Farrah, Zainab, Zaira, Aliya, Ahlam, Aziza, Safa, Shayla
Names related to Ambur
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ambur: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ambur, updated 20 October 2026.