Amber

See also amber, and ämber

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæm.bə/, X-SAMPA: /"{m.b@/
• (US) enPR: ăm'bər, IPA: /ˈæm.bɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"{m.b@`/
• Rhymes: -æmbə(r)
• Homophone: amber
• Hyphenation: Am‧ber

Etymology 1

From amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عنبر (anbar, “amber”)

Proper noun

Amber

1. A female given name, 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, 2000, ISBN 1556524048, page 14

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

2. A surname of uncertain origin.
   • 1901 Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud: A Public School Story, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2007, ISBN 1426481713, 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 (lv) f

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• Ambar

Proper noun

Amber

1. A female given name.
2. A ruined city in Rajasthan, India.

Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bream, embar

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈambər/, X-SAMPA: /"amb@r/

Proper noun

Amber ?

1. A female given name, Amber