Ammar
An Arabic name meaning "one who builds," sometimes read as "long-lived." It stays rare in Poland: only about 107 men carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Ammar Pronunciation
Ammar is pronounced AHM-mahr (/ˈammar/).
What Ammar means
Where Ammar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ammar comes from Arabic, from the root ʿ-m-r that ties together building, settling land, and living a long life. The [short meaning](https://www.behindthename.com/name/ammar) follows from that root: long-lived, one who builds. In Polish name references it appears as budowniczy, the builder.
The name has a well-documented bearer. [Ammar ibn Yasir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammar_ibn_Yasir) was among the earliest companions of the Prophet Muhammad, a man remembered in the sources for his endurance and for standing at the founding of a young community. His name kept its meaning near.
Ammar is short. It sits easily on a Polish class register beside longer Slavic names, four letters read at a glance. No Polish diminutive has attached to it, and no name-day marks it in the church calendar, so it stays as given.
What the name offers is plain in its root. A person called Ammar carries the sense of one who builds and lives long.
How many people are named Ammar
1 in 199497 men in Poland is named Ammar. 107 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3287 among male names.
Ammar's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Ammar as a middle name
Ammar is a first name for 107 men in Poland and a middle name for another 19, an 85/15 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2040th, between Amar (19) and Ananda (19).
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#2038 Alexsander19
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#2039 Amar19
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#2040 Ammar19
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#2041 Ananda19
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#2042 Aris19