Amara
Usage of Amara in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Amara against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Amara is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Amara is a Greek name meaning “forever lovely,” “immortal,” or “of eternal beauty,” with Mara as a short form. Amara has varied meanings across languages, from “immortal” in Greek and Sanskrit to “graceful” in Africa and “bitter” in Latin, and it also echoes Mary and the Latin verb to love.
Amara in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,630 girls were named Amara, making it the #98 girls' name in the US. Since 1961, 28,982 girls have been named Amara, with the most (2,630) in 2025. It is most common, relative to births, in New Mexico, Vermont and Washington, D.C..
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Storms named Amara
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Amara, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Cyclone Amara (Category 4) | 2014 | South Indian Ocean | 241 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Amara
There are 126 towns and villages with Amara in their name, in 19 countries.
🇲🇦 Morocco 58🇸🇩 Sudan 20🇩🇿 Algeria 12🇮🇳 India 7🇪🇹 Ethiopia 6🇹🇳 Tunisia 6🇲🇷 Mauritania 3🇷🇴 Romania 3
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Amara | Ialomița County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 7,557 | Map |
| Amara | Buzău County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 1,733 | Map |
| Amara Nouă | Ialomița County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 7 | Map |
| Ait Amara | Marrakesh-Safi, 🇲🇦 Morocco | – | Map |
| Al ‘Amara | Al Jazirah, 🇸🇩 Sudan | – | Map |
| Al ‘Amara | Al Jazirah, 🇸🇩 Sudan | – | Map |
| Al ‘Amāra | White Nile, 🇸🇩 Sudan | – | Map |
| Al ‘Amāra | Sennar, 🇸🇩 Sudan | – | Map |
| Al ‘Amāra | Blue Nile, 🇸🇩 Sudan | – | Map |
| Al ‘Amāra | Blue Nile, 🇸🇩 Sudan | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Amara
There are 4 lakes and reservoirs with Amara in their name, in 3 countries.
🇷🇴 Romania 2🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 1🇹🇩 Chad 1
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| Amara Wewa | Southern Province, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | Map |
| Balta Amara | Buzău County, 🇷🇴 Romania | Map |
| Lacul Amara | Ialomița County, 🇷🇴 Romania | Map |
| Rahat Soulta Amara | Barh el Gazel, 🇹🇩 Chad | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Amara songs
4 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Amara in their title. The best known:
- Amara terra mia/Sortileggio di luna – Domenico Modugno (1973)
- Maremma amara
- Serenatella dolce e amara/Canzoncella – Claudio Villa (1947)
- Amara
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Fictional characters named Amara
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Amara as a pet name
FurryName has found 17 dogs named Amara in public pet registers, making it the #3,635 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Tacoma (1), Golden Plains Shire (1), Maple Ridge (1). Amara as a dog name →
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