Amara

原Amara is a name of the 2nd largest tribe in Ethiopia. They speak a language called Amharic (Amaregna, አማርኛ), it is the only African language with its own script. Amharic is the official language of Ethiopia and it is spoken by more than 86.5 million people.

原Amara Lakhous is a bearer of this name and he is a male bearer of this name.

原I love this name! It's so mysterious sounding, but usable.

原When choosing to name my daughter Amara it came from my spouse and deceased brother's middle names both being Lamar. I dropped the L, in the beginning and added an A on the end. I thought it was pretty creative because it was in honor of my spouse and late brother. I am glad that the name has a majority of many beautiful meanings; bitter being the worst.

原My name is Amara, I am from Indian/Pakistan origin. I come from a Muslim family but have personally seen it used by Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists in India. When I was younger it was very uncommon but I have come across a few in my life now (I am 25). I have had friends who have gone to India and had found my name on merchandise such as keyrings and pens. There are lots of different meanings for my name, most Indians and my parents pronounce it at um-er-a which I also like.

原My name is Amara, and I remember it being Greek and German.. The meanings are Immortal and Eternal... Amara is pronounced uh-MARE-uh.Which is confused with uh-mar-uh... At least that's what I know of my name.

原Amara was a short-lived character on The Vampire Diaries. She was born in the ancient Greek world. She was the origin of the doppelganger cycle which included Katherine Pierce (Katerina Petrova) and Elena Gilbert. It's too detailed and complicated to really explain. You should watch all the seasons! :)

原Amara is also a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese name, a feminine form of Amaro. It is likely derived from the Germanic name Ademar, from ad (variant of adal, "noble") and mar, "famous, well-known". But this origin meets with the Latin amarus, Amara, "bitter, sad", in Romanic languages. It is possible that some people have been using Amara as a nickname for Amarantha/Amaranta, but that is not the etymological origin of the name.

原On another site it means: eternal beauty or eternal flower.

原I know an Amara. I'm very surprised that this is a Nigerian name because she's Polish.

原Amara is a name that exists in different cultures. The one I am familiar with is Igbo culture where it means "Grace". It is a name that is unisex in the Igbo language, but is typically given to females. It is such a pretty name, but is often mispronounced.

原The Greek word for "unfading" is "amarantos", so it's possible that this name may be related.

原Amara Karan (b 1984), an English actress born to Sri Lankan parents.In Tamil, the name means "to abide, remain, become tranquil, rest, to be settled".

原The Amhara People are an ethnic group of Ethiopia, called the 'Amara' in Amharaic. They number at about 23 million, 30.1% of the country's population. Their name creates several other possible meanings of Amara; it could come from the word "amari" meaning "pleasing, agreeable, beautiful and gracious" or "mahare", meaning 'gracious' and bearing a resemblance for the verb 'to learn'. Amhara, in the Ge'ez language, is said to mean 'free people', from "ʿam" meaning 'people' and "h.ara", meaning 'free, soldier'. This suggestion, however, has been dismissed by many linguists.

原I have met several West African men with this name. Therefore, it is a unisex name.

原Like some of the above posters, I, too, the most common origin I have found is for the Greek, unfading/immortal/eternal. My baby name book--not always the best source, I'm sure--states "eternally beautiful." (For the male Amar, it says "immortal" [Punjabi].)

原I read in a book that Amara is of Greek origin and means "unfading." The book is "The Amber Room" by Steve Berry, Ballantine Books.

原My best friend is named Amara. While the name itself is alright, people ALWAYS mispronounce it.

原I speak two Gaelic languages and I very, very much doubt that Amara has any Celtic origin, much less meaning 'eternal'. Sorry.

原When I was given that name it was more pertaining to Celtic, meaning "Eternal". Of all the different cultures in which this name is used, I'm surprised they used the very least known meaning.

原It is also of Greek origin.

原In my head, this name is just a placeholder. Whenever I haven't named a female character and another character needs to scream her name in agony (or something of similar effect), he always ends up screaming Amara. It's exotic sounding, but it has no substance.

原Amara "Magma" Aquilla, a Marvel Comics superhero best known as being a member of the X-Men spin-off group, the New Mutants. Amara was from Nova Roma ("New Rome"), which was actually located in Brazil.

原I've heard Amara pronounced uh-MAR-uh and AM-er-uh or AM-ruh.

原Amara is a beautiful name. I have seen this name translated to "unfading flower".

原In the English verison of Sailor Moon, Sailor Uranus's name is Amara Tenoh.

原Amara can be a male name also. In Mongolian it means peaceful. It is also, apparently, a male name in west Africa. There was a male president of the U.N. General Assembly in the 1990s whose first name was Amara.

原In Romanian it means "the bitter one". I would never name my baby this way.

原In my baby name book it was said to mean eternally beautiful.

原I think that this name is very original and ever since I heard it I feel in love with it. I would like some day to name one of my daughters this. And not very many people have it. It makes a difference compared to the usual names like Stephanie, Samantha, Julie, Melissa, Amanda, you know.

原This name is actually a Greek name and it means eternal, immortal, beloved.

原I don't think anyone ever wanted to name their child "bitter". My intent in using this name is more along the lines of the Greek "unfading". I also like to think of it as a variant of the Latin "amare" meaning "to love" or maybe the Sanskrit "amar" for "immortal".