Ammer as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ammer

What is the meaning of the name Ammer ?

The baby name Ammer is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ˈæmər (AM-er).

Ammer is Arabic, German in Origin.

Ammer is a rare given name with German roots. As a lexical name it corresponds to the German word Ammer, "bunting," the small songbird family (compare Goldammer, "yellowhammer"). It also occurs as a toponymic surname from the Ammer River and Ammersee in Bavaria and from Ammerland in Lower Saxony; such surnames are attested in medieval records across southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and the transfer to given-name use is a modern development adopted for its nature and place associations.

Meaning centers on "songbird; bunting," or "from the Ammer region/river." Because given-name tradition is recent, established variants are few; a dialectal Bavarian diminutive Ammerl is sometimes seen. Note that lookalike names may carry different etymologies: Amer (Arabic, "prosperous, flourishing"), Ammar (Arabic, "builder; one who lives long"), and Amar (Sanskrit, "immortal").