Fun Facts About the Name Amaar
- 458 babies named Amaar: U.S. records list 458 babies given the name Amaar from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Amaar Mean?
Amaar is an Arabic name. It represents ʿAmmār (عَمَّار), formed from the root ʿ-m-r and built on the faʿʿāl pattern, which marks someone who does something repeatedly or as a characteristic activity - so the literal sense is one who builds, a builder. The same root yields ʿimāra (building, construction), ʿumr (life, lifespan) and ʿumrān (settlement, thriving community), because the old core sense is to inhabit a place and keep it in good repair. From that idea of inhabiting and flourishing come the looser glosses sometimes given, such as "prosperous" or "long-lived"; those are customary extensions of the root's meaning rather than a separate etymology. The spelling Amaar is one of several Latin-script renderings of the same Arabic name, alongside Ammar and Amar.
Amaar Name History & Origins
The name goes back to the earliest Islamic period: ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir was a companion of Muhammad and, according to Islamic tradition, one of the first converts in Mecca. He and his family were persecuted for their faith, and his parents, Yasir and Sumayyah, are traditionally regarded as the first martyrs of Islam. The name has therefore been in continuous use in the Arabic-speaking world since the seventh century.
The same name appears later in other contexts, including the ninth-century Christian theologian ʿAmmār al-Baṣrī, who wrote in Arabic. Through the spread of Arabic and of Islam, forms of the name came into use in Turkey, Iran, South Asia and the Balkans, where it may be spelled Ammar. The variant Amaar simply does not double the m, a common choice in Latin transliteration of Arabic's doubled consonants, which are not shown in ordinary English spelling.
How Popular is the Name Amaar?
Amaar 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 2012. Its best rank was #3,625 in 2012.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,285 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #6,833 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #5,671 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #5,883 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #3,912 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #5,463 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #4,486 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #4,228 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #3,894 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #4,952 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #4,547 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #4,394 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #3,970 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #3,625 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #4,001 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #4,370 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #4,585 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #9,047 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #6,281 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #5,802 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #4,471 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #5,827 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #7,874 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #9,441 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,634 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #7,456 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #7,909 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #8,154 | 5 | 0.0002% |
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 Amaar 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.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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