Amara

Amara meaning

Amara is an international girl's name.

Igbo àmàrà, grace, unmerited favour; Sanskrit amara, undying, immortal

Also used to mean: eternal

Amara has separate roots in two languages. In Igbo, spoken in south-eastern Nigeria, àmàrà means grace or unmerited favour, and it appears in names such as Amarachukwu, "God's grace"; this is the source of most international use. In Sanskrit, amara is formed from a-, "not", and mara, "dying": Monier-Williams gives it as undying, immortal and imperishable, and as a noun a god. The masculine Amar is an Indian name, so Amara also reads naturally to Indian families.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 80 · entry amara · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, amara, p. 80 · Nkọwa okwu Igbo dictionary, àmàrà

Popularity abroad

• #98 United States, girls 2025 (up 23 from 121 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #103 England and Wales, girls 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Amara · Amarah

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