Ember is a modern
English name taken from the
vocabulary word meaning “lump of hot coal.”
Popularity
Ember has been among the top one thousand names for newborn girls in the
United States since 2009 and among the top two hundred most popular names for American newborn girls since 2019. It is also in occasional use for boys in the United States. It has been one of the top five hundred names for newborn girls in
England and
Wales since 2018.
Elaborations of the name, many influenced by popular sound patterns and other names such as
Amber and
Kimberly
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a c ...
, are also well used in the United States for girls. Elaborated forms of the name include: ''Emberlee'', ''Emberlei'', ''Emberleigh'', ''Emberley'', ''Emberli'', ''Emberlie'', ''Emberlin'', ''Emberly'', ''Emberlyn'', ''Emberlynn'', ''Emberlynne'', and ''Embersyn''.
Women
*
Ember Reichgott Junge (born 1953), American lawyer, radio personality and former Minnesota state senator.
*
Ember Oakley, American lawyer and Wyoming state politician
*
Ember Swift
Ember Swift (born in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She has released 11 studio albums in English and Mandarin.
Career
Swift graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree i ...
, Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist
Stage name
*Amber Davis, known professionally as
Ember
An ember, also called a hot coal, is a hot lump of smouldering solid fuel, typically glowing, composed of greatly heated wood, coal, or other carbon-based material. Embers (hot coals) can exist within, remain after, or sometimes precede, a ...
, (born 1992), American model and actress
*Adrienne Reese, American professional wrestler known by the ring name
Ember Moon.
Fictional characters
*Ember Lumen, protagonist from the 2023
Pixar film ''
Elemental''
*Ember McLain, from ''
Danny Phantom
''Danny Phantom'' is an American animated superhero action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows Danny Fenton, a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human ...
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