Amar
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Amar (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Amar has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | 12 |
| 2001 | – | 14 |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | 13 |
| 2004 | – | 12 |
| 2005 | 2 | 13 |
| 2006 | – | 15 |
| 2007 | – | 7 |
| 2008 | – | 10 |
| 2009 | 4 | 23 |
| 2010 | – | 16 |
| 2011 | – | 16 |
| 2012 | – | 14 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 |
| 2014 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | 2 | 26 |
| 2016 | – | 16 |
| 2017 | 4 | 16 |
| 2018 | 4 | 16 |
| 2019 | 4 | 12 |
| 2020 | 3 | 17 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 | 12 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15 | 195 |
| 2000 | 16 | 215 |
| 2001 | 19 | 240 |
| 2002 | 20 | 260 |
| 2003 | 23 | 285 |
| 2004 | 23 | 304 |
| 2005 | 25 | 327 |
| 2006 | 26 | 361 |
| 2007 | 27 | 383 |
| 2008 | 26 | 402 |
| 2009 | 33 | 436 |
| 2010 | 34 | 455 |
| 2011 | 35 | 478 |
| 2012 | 37 | 503 |
| 2013 | 42 | 536 |
| 2014 | 52 | 570 |
| 2015 | 60 | 615 |
| 2016 | 64 | 670 |
| 2017 | 72 | 715 |
| 2018 | 77 | 752 |
| 2019 | 85 | 778 |
| 2020 | 88 | 803 |
Amar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Amar.Hi! My name is Amar.
- Vet du om Amar kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Amar is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Amars mamma är lärare.Amar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Amars mamma is Amar's mum.
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Questions about Amar
How do you pronounce Amar in Swedish?
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What does the name Amar mean?
Borrowed from Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable”).
How popular is Amar in Sweden?
15 babies were named Amar in 2022. In 2020, 891 people in Sweden had Amar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2015 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.