MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ambar mean?
Ambar is the Sanskrit word for the sky and also for a garment or covering. Both senses survive in literary Hindi, with the sky image especially familiar in personal naming.
Pronunciation
IAST: ambara
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अम्बर
Letter-by-letter: ambara
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ambar in Indian usage
5,951 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (82.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,025 records (17.2%).
- Recorded as male: 4,926 records (82.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 419 |
| 1960s | 743 |
| 1970s | 945 |
| 1980s | 1,830 |
| 1990s | 1,735 |
| Other decades | 279 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,931 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 739 |
| Bihar | 539 |
| Jharkhand | 244 |
| Rajasthan | 106 |
| Haryana | 101 |
| Other states | 291 |
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 | Ambar / F | 15 | 1,892 |
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 Ambar; Table_6, C1907 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ambar; Table_6, C1907
- Monier-Williams, ambara, p. 83,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.