MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Amara mean?
Amara comes from Sanskrit amara, an adjective for what does not die. The same word also denotes a deity, connecting the name with the traditional idea of the immortals.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अमरा
Conventional spelling
Tamil
அமரா
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Amara in Indian usage
35,642 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,498 records (18.2%).
- Recorded as male: 29,144 records (81.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 862 |
| 1940s | 2,099 |
| 1950s | 3,623 |
| 1960s | 15,060 |
| 1970s | 4,910 |
| 1980s | 5,307 |
| 1990s | 3,570 |
| Other decades | 211 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 15,989 |
| Rajasthan | 10,474 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,347 |
| Karnataka | 1,616 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,508 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,304 |
| Uttarakhand | 905 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 811 |
| Haryana | 198 |
| Bihar | 166 |
| Other states | 324 |
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 | Amara / F | 449 | 103 |
| Scotland | Amara / F | 18 | 211 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- 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 Amara; Table_6, C108 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amara; Table_6, C108
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amara; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amara; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Girl
- Monier-Williams, amara, p. 80,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: अमर ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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