Amar
A Hebrew name meaning "immortal". Around 140 people in Poland carry it, almost all of them men, so most Poles have never met one.
Amar Pronunciation
Amar is pronounced AH-mahr (/ˈamar/).
What Amar means
Where Amar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Amar reaches Polish records with two roots pulling at it. Its origin is Hebrew, where the verb amar means "to say" or "to promise," the word that opens countless lines of Hebrew scripture. Alongside that sits a strong Arabic association, since Amar is a familiar masculine name across the Arab world.
The meaning given to Polish parents is "immortal," nieśmiertelny. That sense arrived later, and it travels from Sanskrit amara, "deathless," rather than from the Hebrew verb. One name now holds a word for speech and a word for what does not die.
Amar carries no Polish diminutive of its own. It stays short. On a school register in Kraków it would sit near Adam and Antoni, four letters, easy to call out.
Here is the plain shape of it. The origin is Hebrew, the cultural home is Arabic, and the meaning handed down in Poland is "immortal."
How many people are named Amar
1 in 156957 men in Poland is named Amar. 138 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2798 among male names.
Amar's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Amar as a middle name
Amar is a first name for 138 men in Poland and a middle name for another 19, an 88/12 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2039th, between Alexsander (19) and Ammar (19).
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