Comments for the name Amara

I don't think anyone ever wanted to name their child "bitter". My intent in using this name is more along the lines of the Greek "unfading". I also like to think of it as a variant of the Latin "amare" meaning "to love" or maybe the Sanskrit "amar" for "immortal".

This name is actually a Greek name and it means eternal, immortal, beloved.

I think that this name is very original and ever since I heard it I feel in love with it. I would like some day to name one of my daughters this. And not very many people have it. It makes a difference compared to the usual names like Stephanie, Samantha, Julie, Melissa, Amanda, you know.

In my baby name book it was said to mean eternally beautiful.

In Romanian it means "the bitter one". I would never name my baby this way.

Amara can be a male name also. In Mongolian it means peaceful. It is also, apparently, a male name in west Africa. There was a male president of the U.N. General Assembly in the 1990s whose first name was Amara.

In the English verison of Sailor Moon, Sailor Uranus's name is Amara Tenoh.

Amara is a beautiful name. I have seen this name translated to "unfading flower".

I've heard Amara pronounced uh-MAR-uh and AM-er-uh or AM-ruh.

Amara "Magma" Aquilla, a Marvel Comics superhero best known as being a member of the X-Men spin-off group, the New Mutants. Amara was from Nova Roma ("New Rome"), which was actually located in Brazil.

In my head, this name is just a placeholder. Whenever I haven't named a female character and another character needs to scream her name in agony (or something of similar effect), he always ends up screaming Amara. It's exotic sounding, but it has no substance.

It is also of Greek origin.

When I was given that name it was more pertaining to Celtic, meaning "Eternal". Of all the different cultures in which this name is used, I'm surprised they used the very least known meaning.

I speak two Gaelic languages and I very, very much doubt that Amara has any Celtic origin, much less meaning 'eternal'. Sorry.

My best friend is named Amara. While the name itself is alright, people ALWAYS mispronounce it.

I read in a book that Amara is of Greek origin and means "unfading." The book is "The Amber Room" by Steve Berry, Ballantine Books.

Like some of the above posters, I, too, the most common origin I have found is for the Greek, unfading/immortal/eternal. My baby name book--not always the best source, I'm sure--states "eternally beautiful." (For the male Amar, it says "immortal" [Punjabi].)

I have met several West African men with this name. Therefore, it is a unisex name.

The Amhara People are an ethnic group of Ethiopia, called the 'Amara' in Amharaic. They number at about 23 million, 30.1% of the country's population. Their name creates several other possible meanings of Amara; it could come from the word "amari" meaning "pleasing, agreeable, beautiful and gracious" or "mahare", meaning 'gracious' and bearing a resemblance for the verb 'to learn'. Amhara, in the Ge'ez language, is said to mean 'free people', from "ʿam" meaning 'people' and "h.ara", meaning 'free, soldier'. This suggestion, however, has been dismissed by many linguists.

Amara Karan (b 1984), an English actress born to Sri Lankan parents.

In Tamil, the name means "to abide, remain, become tranquil, rest, to be settled".

The Greek word for "unfading" is "amarantos", so it's possible that this name may be related.

Amara is a name that exists in different cultures. The one I am familiar with is Igbo culture where it means "Grace". It is a name that is unisex in the Igbo language, but is typically given to females. It is such a pretty name, but is often mispronounced.

I know an Amara. I'm very surprised that this is a Nigerian name because she's Polish.

On another site it means: eternal beauty or eternal flower.

Amara is also a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese name, a feminine form of Amaro. It is likely derived from the Germanic name Ademar, from ad (variant of adal, "noble") and mar, "famous, well-known". But this origin meets with the Latin amarus, Amara, "bitter, sad", in Romanic languages.

It is possible that some people have been using Amara as a nickname for Amarantha/Amaranta, but that is not the etymological origin of the name.