Amber

See also: amber and ämber

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.bə/
• 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, 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 (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, 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)
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• Italian: Ambra (it)
• Latvian: Dzintra f

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

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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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmbər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Am‧ber

Proper noun

Amber f

1. a female given name, Amber