MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Amar mean?
The negative a combines with the death-related root family in amara, undying. Sanskrit also uses the word as a noun for a god.
Pronunciation
IAST: amara
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अमर
Letter-by-letter: amara
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Amar in Indian usage
350,715 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 30,040 records (8.6%).
- Recorded as male: 320,675 records (91.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,633 |
| 1930s | 10,181 |
| 1940s | 25,129 |
| 1950s | 38,851 |
| 1960s | 57,265 |
| 1970s | 66,991 |
| 1980s | 84,336 |
| 1990s | 65,056 |
| Other decades | 273 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 129,770 |
| Bihar | 41,741 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 31,113 |
| Rajasthan | 28,646 |
| Punjab | 28,253 |
| Haryana | 26,134 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 15,007 |
| Delhi | 12,710 |
| Jharkhand | 11,894 |
| Uttarakhand | 8,853 |
| Odisha | 7,298 |
| Tripura | 2,662 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,547 |
| Chandigarh | 956 |
| Assam | 858 |
| Gujarat | 518 |
| Goa | 475 |
| Maharashtra | 471 |
| Kerala | 317 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 298 |
| Mizoram | 283 |
| Meghalaya | 282 |
| Manipur | 167 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 162 |
| Nagaland | 115 |
| Other states | 185 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Amar / M | 55 | 658 |
| England & Wales | Amar / F | 3 | 5,927 |
| Scotland | Amar / M | 4 | 647 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Documented namesakes
Amar Asyraf
Malaysian male actress (born 1986)
Nik Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah
Malaysian politician
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Amar ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amar; Table_6, C664 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amar; Table_6, C664
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amar; Table_6, C6028 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amar; Table_6, C6028
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amar; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amar; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Monier-Williams, amara, p. 80,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Ammar ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.