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Amber

Girl name · 3,479 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Amber: 3,479 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 131 births in 2009.

Amber entered the English-speaking world as a gemstone name, ultimately from Arabic *ʻanbar* via French and Latin, though its first recorded use as a given name dates to the late 19th century. The warm, fossilised tree resin gives the name its rich honey-golden associations. A famous bearer is American actress and model Amber Heard, while another is British writer and critic Amber Reeves, a key figure in the early feminist movement. The name also shares its etymological root with the Renfrewshire village of Amberside, though this is a coincidental link. Amber was notably given a significant boost in the 1990s after the widely read novel *Forever Amber* and remains a popular choice in Scotland, especially from the 1980s onward.