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.
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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.
The name was in occasional use in the early 1800s, according to United States census records. It first came into regular use in the Anglosphere in the late 1800s along with other gemstone names popular during the Victorian era. It rose in popularity following the release of the 1944 historical romance novel Forever Amber by American author Kathleen Winsor. Amber has been a popular name in most English speaking countries. In the United States, it ranked among the top 1,000 names at different points between 1880 and 1916 and again consistently between 1945 and 2024. It peaked in usage there in the 1990s, when it was the 20th most popular name in the United States. It has ranked among the top 50 names for girls in England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Australia and Canada in recent years. Variants have also been popular in other countries, including Ámbar in Spanish, which is currently among the most popular names for girls in Argentina, Ambre in French, which was among the top 10 names for newborn girls in France in recent years, and the Italian Ambra, which was among the top 10 names for baby girls in Albania and among the top 50 names for newborn girls in Italy in recent years.
English elaborations of the name in use include Amberlee, Amberleigh, Amberley, Amberli, Amberlie, Amberlin, Amberlinn, Amberly, Amberlyn and Amberlynn, among others.
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Men
Amber Gurung (1938–2016), Nepalese composer, singer, and lyricist
Fictional characters
Amber Addison, in the US TV series Hannah Montana, played by Shanica Knowles
Amber Atkins, in the 1999 US black comedy mockumentary film Drop Dead Gorgeous, played by Kirsten Dunst
Amber Bailey, in the Irish TV crime drama series Amber, played by Lauryn Canny
Amber Bailey, an antagonist in the videogame Dead Rising 2
Amber Brown, in a book by Paula Danziger
Amber Freeman, in the Scream series, played by Mikey Madison
Amber Gates, in the UK TV series Footballers' Wives, played by Laila Rouass
Amber Gemstone, in the US black comedy crime TV series The Righteous Gemstones, played by Cassidy Freeman
Amber Harvey, in the UK medical soap opera Doctors, played by Lisa Ellis
Amber Hearst, in the UK TV programme series The Story of Tracy Beaker, played by Alicia Hooper
Amber Hunt, in Malibu Comics' Exiles comic book series
Amber Johannsen, in the UK police procedural TV series The Bill, played by Myfanwy Waring
Amber Kalirai, in the UK TV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Nikki Patel
Amber Keenan, in the 2020 Irish coming-of-age comedy-drama film Dating Amber, played by Lola Petticrew
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Amber Lamont, in the book Demon Road
Amber Mariens, in the 1995 US coming-of-age teen comedy film Clueless, and the TV series of the same name, played by Elisa Donovan
Amber Martin, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Alison Whyte
Amber Millington, in the US TV series House of Anubis, played by Ana Mulvoy-Ten
Amber Moore, in the US TV soap operas The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless, played by Adrienne Frantz
Amber Moss, in the US TV sitcom Unhappily Ever After, played by Dana Daurey
Amber Murdoch, in the Scottish TV soap opera River City, played by Lorna Anderson and Jenny Hulse
Amber Pigal-Simpson, Homer Simpson's illegal wife, voiced by Pamela Hayden
Amber Rhoades, in the US TV sitcom Married... with Children, played by Juliet Tablak
Amber Sharpe, in the UK soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Lydia Lloyd-Henry and Lauren Gabrielle-Thomas
Amber Simmons, in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Maddy Jevic
Ámbar Smith, in the Disney Channel Latin America series Soy Luna, played by Valentina Zenere
Amber Snoeckx, in the Belgian teen drama web series wtFOCK, played by Nona Janssens
Amber St. Clare, in the novel Forever Amber
Amber Sweet, in the 2008 US Gothic rock opera Repo! The Genetic Opera, played by Paris Hilton
Amber Turner, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Jenna Rosenow
Amber Volakis, in the US TV series House, played by Anne Dudek
Amber Von Tussle, in the 1988 US comedy film Hairspray, played by Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick & later played by Dove Cameron in Hairspray Live
Amber Waves, in the 1997 US period comedy-drama film Boogie Nights, played by Julianne Moore
Amber Whitmire, in the 1995 US supernatural comedy-drama film Casper, played by Jessica Wesson
Amber Williams, in the 2006 US direct-to-video slasher film I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, played by Brooke Nevin
Amber, in the 1952 Hindi costume action romance thriller film Amber, played by Tanuja (young Amber) and Nargis (adult Amber)
Amber, in the 2006 Malaysian short films The Amber Sexalogy, played by Melissa Maureen Rizal
Amber, in the Indian Hindi language TV series Amber Dhara, played by Kashmira Irani
Amber, in the US family comedy-drama TV series Andi Mack, played by Emily Skinner
Amber, in the mobile game Brawl Stars
Amber, in the US teen sitcom Clueless, played by Elisa Donovan
Amber, in the anime series Darker than Black
Amber, one of three identities of the Fool, who appears only in The Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Amber, in the Pokémon franchise
Amber the Orange Fairy, in the Rainbow Magic book franchise
Amber, in the video game Rune Factory 4
Amber, a character in 2020 video game Genshin Impact
Amber, in the 1999 UK/New Zealand TV series The Tribe, played by Beth Allen
Amber, in the 2019 UK Millarworld comic book series Chrononauts: Futureshock
Amber (The One-Legged Hypoglycemic), in Saturday Night Live, played by Amy Poehler
Amber, in the 2000 US direct-to-video animated science fiction romantic comedy mystery film Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, voiced by Candi Milo
Amber, in the third volume of the animated web series RWBY
Amber, in the South Korean children's TV show Robocar Poli, voiced by Rebecca Soler
Princess Amber, in the US animated TV series Sofia the First, played by Darcy Rose Byrnes
