Amber
A Latin name for amber, the fossil resin Poles call bursztyn. Around 200 women carry it now, and births are picking back up, though most Poles have never met one.
Amber Pronunciation
Amber is pronounced AHM-ber (/ˈambɛr/).
What Amber means
Where Amber comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Amber reached English through Latin. Medieval Latin used ambar for fossil tree resin, and Old French carried it on as ambre. For centuries the word belonged to the gem alone.
As a first name, Amber is young. Kathleen Winsor's 1944 novel Forever Amber handed it to a headstrong heroine, the book sold in the millions despite bans in several American states, and English-speaking families picked the name up from there. It peaked in the 1980s. The meaning never wandered from the stone: amber, bursztyn in Polish.
The given record lists no diminutives, no variants, no cross-gender forms, so Amber stands on its own. Poland knows this gem well, since the Baltic coast near Gdańsk has yielded amber for thousands of years. On a Polish class register the name would sit as one Amber among the Kingas and Zuzannas. It points straight back to the gemstone, bursztyn.
How many people are named Amber
1 in 111053 women in Poland is named Amber. 206 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2186 among female names.
Amber's popularity over time
5 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #906 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2022.
Where parents choose Amber
Amber is most popular in Lesser Poland, 852% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025).
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Lesser Poland
+852%1 in 75,639 babies
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Lesser Poland+852% 3 born1 in 75,639 babies+852%
Amber as a middle name
Amber is a first name for 206 women in Poland and a middle name for another 136, a 60/40 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 557th, between Jasmine (137) and Kim (136).
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#555 Edmunda137
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#556 Jasmine137
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#557 Amber136
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#558 Kim136
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#559 Melanie136