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Meaning & Origins
From the word for the fossilized resin amber, a word derived via Old French and Latin from Arabic ambar. This was first used as a given name at the end of the 19th century. It enjoyed a surge in popularity following the publication of Kathleen Winsor's novel Forever Amber in 1944, and again in the 1990s.
| 182nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Spanish (Martín), Italian (Venice), etc.: from a personal name (Latin Martinus, a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’). This was borne by a famous 4th-century saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. As a North American surname, this form has absorbed many cognates from other European forms.
| 15th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Amberly, Ambers, Ambera, Ambere, Amberia, Amberr, Ambery, Amberae, Amparo, Ambeer
Martinez, Morton, Martino, Martens, Martell, Martins, Martel, Martinson, Martindale, Martz
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