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Ambyr
How to Pronounce Ambyr
Pronounced AM-ber /ˈæm.bər/Medium
Meaning: Ambyr is a stylized respelling of Amber, the name of the golden fossil resin used as a gem, which reached English through the Arabic anbar. The y spelling gives the familiar name a modern edge.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Ambyr is a respelling of Amber, the English name for the golden resin gem, which came through Old French and Arabic anbar. Amber was hugely popular in the late twentieth century, and Ambyr is one of its style-driven variants.
It was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its high around nineteen-ninety-four. A girl named Ambyr then would be around thirty today.
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What does the name Ambyr mean?
It is a respelling of Amber, the golden gemstone, from an Arabic word.
How do you pronounce Ambyr?
It is said AM-ber /ˈæm.bər/, two syllables with the stress at the front.
Is Ambyr a boy or girl name?
Ambyr has been used as a girl's name.
How popular is Ambyr?
It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its high around nineteen-ninety-four, well behind Amber.