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Ambur
How to Pronounce Ambur
Pronounced AM-bur /ˈæm.bər/High
Meaning: Ambur is a phonetic respelling of Amber, the fossilized golden resin prized as a gem. The word reached English through Old French from the Arabic anbar; Amber became a popular girls' name in the late twentieth century, and Ambur mirrors its pronunciation.Medium
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Ambur is a respelling of Amber, from the Arabic anbar by way of Old French, naming the warm golden resin used since antiquity for jewelry. Amber blossomed as a girls' name in the 1970s and 1980s alongside other gemstone and nature names, and spellings like Ambur followed.
This variant never gained a real foothold: only a few dozen girls a year even at its late-1980s peak, fading by the mid-2000s. It reads as an unmistakably Gen-X twist on a Gen-X favorite, and unlike the classic Amber it has not shown signs of revival.
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What does the name Ambur mean?
Ambur is a respelling of Amber, the golden gemstone, a word that came into English from the Arabic anbar.
How do you pronounce Ambur?
It's said AM-bur /ˈæm.bər/ - two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Ambur a boy or girl name?
Ambur is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Ambur?
Ambur has always been rare, an uncommon spelling of the more familiar Amber, briefly in vogue in the nineteen-eighties.