Ambre
Feminine · “amber”
Ambre is the French spelling of a word English uses too, and the difference is a single transposed pair of letters. The material it names was once worked at a scale nobody attempts now, and the most extravagant example of it disappeared in a war.
How old is the name Ambre?
Ambre first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Ambre alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 700 people named Ambre are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ambre most popular?
Ambre peaked in 1983, reaching #2721 nationally. See the whole 1983 chart.
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Where it comes from
From anbar to Ambre
The story of Ambre
A Prussian king had a room panelled entirely in amber — six tonnes of it, backed with gold leaf and mirrors — and gave it to Peter the Great, who had it shipped to Russia. It was installed and extended at Tsarskoye Selo outside St Petersburg and was one of the most extraordinary interiors in Europe. In nineteen forty-one, German soldiers dismantled it in thirty-six hours, crated it and took it to Königsberg, where it was displayed and then packed again as the front advanced. After that the record stops. The city was bombed and then stormed; the crates may have burned, may have been shipped, may be underground. Investigations have run for eighty years and produced nothing conclusive. A full replica was completed in two thousand and three and took more than twenty years to make.
Meaning
amber
The French form of the English word, both from an Arabic word that originally named a completely different substance — ambergris, from whales — and transferred to fossil resin by confusion. The French spelling reverses the last two letters and is said with a nasal vowel English does not have.
How the name formed
- anbar
- ambre
- Ambre
Related forms: Ambre · Amber
Pronouncing Ambre
AM-ber
Two syllables with the stress at the front in American use, said exactly like the English word. French says it as one syllable with a nasal vowel, which is a different name entirely.
Nicknames for Ambre
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 198733 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2721reached in 1983
- Change vs 2022
- −37.5%5 in 2023, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ambre in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ambre in French — same name
- Amber in English — same name
INSEE rounds every published count to the nearest five for statistical confidentiality; the ranks are calculated from the exact figures. International figures from INSEE. Sources
Ambres among us
people named Ambre are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Ambre sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The meaning is a real material and needs no explaining to anybody.
- Two syllables with front stress is easy to say and quick.
- The spelling is compact and fits any form.
- Amber is far commoner in English and will be written for it constantly.
- The transposed letters are inaudible in American use, so the spelling must be given aloud.
- The French pronunciation is genuinely different, which matters in a French-speaking family.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ambres are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Ambre are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ambre in 2025?
- Ambre is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Ambre with classmates?
- Ambre will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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