Girl or boy · Uncertain
Amari
Say it: ah-MAR-ee
Meaning
Uncertain. Origins in Arabic, Yoruba or Hebrew are claimed but not established; in the US largely a modern coinage.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Rose from the 1990s for both boys and girls.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 37,640 babies given this name since 1974
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 993 boys
- 2,640 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Amare, Amarie
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.