Amara is a girl's name of English origin meaning “bitter, sour, distasteful.” In 2024 it was given to 2,288 girls in the United States.
Amara belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “bitter, sour, distasteful” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amara first appears in Social Security records in 1961. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #121 in 2024, and in 2024 2,288 babies received the name — 26,328 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Amara means “bitter, sour, distasteful” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Amara is a girl name. In 2024, 2,288 babies received the name in the US.
Amara comes from the English & American tradition.
Amara first appears in US records in 1961. Its best-ever ranking was #121 in 2024, and 2,288 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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