Amar

Where Amar comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Amar
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #2,760 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Peak, #1,103
    139 babies named Amar — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.