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Ammar

Ammar: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“long-lived, prosperous”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
ah-MAR · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic ʿAmmar, a traditional name meaning long-lived or thriving. It is borne by several early Islamic figures, including Ammar ibn Yasir.

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How popular is Ammar?

202436.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ammar in 2024118

2024 rank#1,509 boys

Peak year2015

Total US babies since 18802,922

Ammar has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Ammar

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Ammar questions

What does the name Ammar mean?

Ammar means "long-lived, prosperous". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic ʿAmmar, a traditional name meaning long-lived or thriving. It is borne by several early Islamic figures, including Ammar ibn Yasir.

Is Ammar a boy or girl name?

Ammar is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ammar?

118 US babies were named Ammar in 2024. Its peak year was 2015.

How do you pronounce Ammar?

Ammar is usually pronounced ah-MAR.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.