Amber (name)
Amber is a feminine given name taken from amber, the fossilized tree resin that is often used in the making of jewelry. The word can also refer to a yellowish-orange color.[1]
 Amber is used to make jewelry, which has helped inspire that name. | |
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "amber" |
Amber has been a popular name in most English speaking countries. It was the 20th most popular name in the U.S. in the 1990s.[2] It has ranked among the top 50 names for girls in England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Australia and Canada in recent years.[3]
People
- Amber (performer) (born 1969), a pop music/dance music performer and singer
- Amber, a stage name for the J-pop music artist Rie Eto
- Amber Aguirre (born 1958), American ceramic sculptor
- Amber Benson (born 1977), American actress
- Amber Bondin (born 1991), Maltese singer
- Amber Campisi, American model, Playmate of the month for February 2005
- Amber Corwin (born 1978), American figure skater
- Amber Frey, the mistress of convicted murderer Scott Peterson
- Amber Hagerman (1986–1996), American murder victim, after whom the AMBER Alert was named
- Amber Heard (born 1986), American actress
- Amber Hikes, American civil rights activist
- Amber Littlejohn (born 1975), Native American professional figure competitor
- Amber Liu (born 1992), Taiwanese-American singer who is a member of f(x)
- Amber Lynn (born 1964), American pornographic actress
- Amber MacArthur (born 1976), Canadian internet and television personality
- Amber Mariano (born 1978), née Brkich, a participant in the reality TV show Survivor on the Australian Outback and All-Stars seasons
- Amber Merritt (born 1993), Australian wheelchair basketball player
- Amber Portwood (born 1990), American reality television personality and criminal
- Amber Rayne (1984–2016), American pornographic actress
- Amber Riley (born 1986), American actress, most famous for her role on the television series Glee as Mercedes
- Amber Rose (born 1983), American model
- Amber Rudd MP (born 1963), former UK Home Secretary
- Amber Scorah, Canadian-American writer, speaker, and activist
- Amber Scott, Australian ballet dancer
- Amber Louise Shepherd, an Australian singer
- Amber Tamblyn (born 1983), American actress
- Amber Valletta (born 1974), American actress and model
Fictional characters
- Amber, a character from the video game Rune Factory 4
- Amber, a character in the television series Hannah Montana
- Amber, a major recurring character in television series Andi Mack
- Amber, a deceased minor character in the Pokémon franchise
- Amber Pigal-Simpson, the illegal wife of Homer Simpson
- Amber (The One-Legged Hypoglycemic), a recurring Saturday Night Live character played by Amy Poehler
- Amber, a character from the anime series Darker than Black
- Amber, a fictional character from the television series The Tribe (1999–2003)
- Amber Volakis, a character from the television series House
- Amber is one of three identities of the Fool, who appears only in The Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb
- Amber Millington, from House of Anubis
- Amber Moore, a character on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless (2006–2010)
- Amber Gates, a character from the British television series Footballers' Wives from its third series
- Amber, a dog from Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
- Princess Amber from Sofia the First
- Amber Lamont, main character in the book Demon Road
- Amber Williams, main character in the horror film I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
- Amber St. Clare, a Forever Amber character
- The Chronicles of Amber, a fantasy novel series written by Roger Zelazny
- Amber Whitmire, an antagonistic character in 1995's Casper (film)
- Amber the Orange Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
- Amber Von Tussle a Character From Hairspray
- Amber A Character From Clueless
Literature
- Forever Amber, a novel by Kathleen Winsor in 1944, and a film in 1947
- Amber Brown (series), a character in a book by Paula Danziger
- Amber House, a 2012 novel in a trilogy by Kelly Moore and daughters Tucker Reed and Larkin Reed
Notes
- Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Amber". Behind the Name.
- "Top names of the 1990s". 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Amber". Behind the Name.
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