Amara

Amara walks a rare multilingual path. In Igbo it means "grace," in Sanskrit "eternal" or "immortal," and in Italian the word amara means "bitter," as in the bitter almonds used in amaretto. Each tradition lends the name a different weight, and together they give it an unusual depth for three simple syllables. Amara surged in the U.S. in the 2010s, entering the top 200 in 2017 and the top 150 shortly after, rising alongside a broader embrace of West African names. Ah-MAH-rah rolls out unhurried, each vowel open. It reads as serene, grounded, and quietly international, a name that travels well.