Name meaning & stats
Amar
Amar means “prince, commander” (Arabic origin). 5,334 US babies since 1940, peak 2023.
What it means
“prince, commander”
ArabicSpelling of Amir
In US birth records
Peak year: 2023
5,334 US babies were named Amar between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Amar (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 18 Amirs spell it Amar
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2023)