Fun Facts About the Name Aber
- 5 babies named Aber: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Aber from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aber Mean?
Aber has two independent sources. In Welsh, aber is a common noun meaning "river mouth," "estuary," or "confluence." It is best known as a place-name element, as in Aberystwyth and Aberdare, and its use as a personal name is a transferred topographic use rather than a separate traditional name. Separately, Aber is used as a simplified English spelling of the Arabic feminine name ʿAbīr, usually written Abeer. The Arabic word ʿabīr (عبير) means "fragrance" or "perfume." The Welsh and Arabic names are not related.
Aber Name History & Origins
In Welsh place naming, the element aber is attached to a river name, as in Aberystwyth, at the mouth of the Ystwyth, and Aberdare, at the mouth of the Dare. The same Brittonic element, rather than Welsh itself, appears in Scottish place names such as Aberdeen. As a personal name, Aber is a transferred use of this place-name vocabulary.
The Arabic feminine name ʿAbīr is written عبير. English transliterations include Abeer and Abir; Aber is a shortened spelling that leaves out the long vowel. It is used as a girl's name in Arabic-speaking countries. This Arabic name has no connection to the Welsh topographic word.
How Popular is the Name Aber?
Aber has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1986. Its best rank was #10,914 in 1986.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | #10,914 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Aber Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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