Amber

See also: amber and ämber

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.bə/
• (US) enPR: ăm'bər, IPA^(key): /ˈæm.bɚ/
• Rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
• Homophone: amber
• Hyphenation: Am‧ber

Etymology 1

From amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).

Proper noun

Amber

1. A female given name from English, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
   • 1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")

     The youngest daughter of the Marchioness of Summerdown had one of these quaint, pretty names - Amber! - and what a pretty creature she was!

   • 1944, Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber, Chicago Review Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 14:

     And then she said softly, "Sarah - I think I'll name her Amber - for the colour of her father's eyes - "

   • 2005, Ali Smith, The Accidental, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN, page 64:

     A bit raddled, maybe thirty, maybe older, tanned like a hitchhiker, dressed like a road protester, one of those older women still determinedly being a girl; all those eighties feministy still-political women were terribly interested in what Eve did. Hippie name. Amber. Ridiculous name.

2. A surname of uncertain origin.
   • 1901, Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud: A Public School Story, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 14:

     Amber, the half, generally waltzed round our forwards, and when he secured he passed the ball on to Aspinall.

Translations

female given name

• Dutch: Amber (nl)
• French: Ambre (fr)
• German: Amber (de)
• Italian: Ambra (it)
• Latvian: Dzintra f
• Marathi: अ‍ँबर f (a‍ĕmbar)

Etymology 2

From a form of the Hindi आसमान (āsmān, “the heavens”).

Alternative forms

• Ambar

Proper noun

Amber

1. A female given name from Hindi
2. A city in Rajasthan, India, also known as Amer.

Etymology 3

From a pre-Celtic word.

Proper noun

Amber

1. A river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Derwent at Ambergate.

Derived terms

• Ambergate
• Amber Valley

Anagrams

• Brame, Bream, bemar, brame, bream, embar

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Amber, from amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “amber”).

Proper noun

Amber

1. a female given name from English

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmbər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Am‧ber

Proper noun

Amber f

1. a female given name, Amber

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Amber, from amber, from Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔambeɾ/ [ˈʔam.bɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -ambeɾ
• Syllabification: Am‧ber

Proper noun

Amber (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

1. a female given name from English