Amer is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “one who lives a rich and prosperous life.” In 2024 it was given to 20 boys in the United States.
Amer belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “one who lives a rich and prosperous life” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amer first appears in Social Security records in 1927. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1966 in 1997, and in 2024 20 babies received the name — 1,415 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Amer means “one who lives a rich and prosperous life” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Amer is a boy name. In 2024, 20 babies received the name in the US.
Amer comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Amer first appears in US records in 1927. Its best-ever ranking was #1966 in 1997, and 20 babies were given the name in 2024.
Amer is pronounced /âmer/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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