On March 28, National Amber Day honours individuals with the name Amber. Amber is a popular girl’s name derived from the Arabic term ‘ambar’, which means ‘jewel’ and refers to the fossilized, yellowish-brown tree resin found primarily on pine trees in the Baltic Sea area. This “tree sap” is essentially transformed into the gemstone amber through a process involving persistent heat and pressure. It also has French origins, where it meant “jewel-colored.” It is a gem name that first appeared as a female name in the nineteenth century, when other jewel names were also prevalent.
The background of National Amber Day
Amber is a female-predominant name with antecedents in the Arabic and Celtic languages. Either the term “ferocious” or the amber-colored gemstone with the same name can be associated with this word.
Late in the 13th century in Anglo-Latin and around 1400 A.D. in English, the term amber was extended to include fossil resins from the Baltic, and since then, this sense of the word has become the predominant one as ambergris’s use has declined. The fact that both were found washed up on seashores may have led some individuals to believe that they are connected in some way. It is also plausible that this is an entirely unique word with a murky origin. Historically, Baltic fossil resin and ambergris, also known as “gray amber,” were distinguished as “white amber” and “yellow amber” The French call the two varieties of amber gris ambre and yellow ambre, respectively.
The name Amber did not become popular until the 1950s, despite its existence since the 1800s. In 1880, when the name first appeared, there were nine infants named Amber. Its popularity in the 1950s is most likely due to Kathleen Winsor’s 1944 novel “Forever Amber.” From 1981 to 1993, it was one of the top 20 names given to baby females in the United States. Since then, Amber has fallen steadily in popularity, and in 2018 it ranked 471st in popularity among females.
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NATIONAL AMBER DAY ACTIVITIES
Explore alternative meanings
You can discover additional meanings of amber. Other than being a name and a piece of jewelry, the name may have additional meanings, some of which may startle you.
Play a game
Play a game in which you write about famous individuals with the same name. Shake the bag containing the written names and have each of your companions draw a piece of paper. Allow them to recite information they know about the individual, and the person with the most points triumphs.
Honor the Ambers in your life.
Today is an excellent time to honour all the Ambers you know. Send them a message expressing your appreciation for their friendship or family status.
5 enlightening tidbits about the name Amber
According to the 2019 World Population Prospects of the United Nations, there are more than enough Ambers to populate Iceland, which has a population of 340,566.
In 2005, the name fell out of the top one hundred names.
In 2010, the name slipped out of the top 200 most popular names.
As of 2008, there were only 36 females in the state named Amber.
In 1979, Amber was a popular name for girls in the state of Oklahoma.
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