Amara

Where Amara comes from

The dictionaries list Amara as a given name — a female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal" — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1944
    Amara Essy born
    Ivorian diplomat
  2. 1961
    First appearance
    #6,567 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1965
    Amara Traoré born
    Senegalese and French footballer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #98
    2,630 babies named Amara — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal".
Namesakes
  • Amara Traoré · Senegalese and French footballer, born 1965
  • Amara Essy · Ivorian diplomat, 1944–2025
  • Amara Diané · Ivorian and French footballer, born 1982
  • Amara Diouf · Senegalese footballer, born 2008
  • Amara Baby · Senegalese and French footballer, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.