Ammar (name)

Ammar (also spelled Amar; Arabic: عمّار, ʿAmmār) is an Arabic/Sanskrit masculine given name.

Ammar

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈʕamˌmaːr]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic, Sanskrit
Origin
Word/name	Arabic, Sanskrit
Meaning	'Alive, Pious, Immortal'
Other names
Alternative spelling	Amar

Notable people with this name include:

Given name

• Ammar Bakdash (1954–2025), Syrian politician and economist
• Ammar al-Bakri, British-Iraqi lawyer
• Ammar al-Basri, 9th century East Syriac Christian theologian
• Ammar Campa-Najjar (born 1989), California Congressional candidate
• Amar Ezzahi (1941–2016), Algerian singer
• Amar Gegić (born 1998), Bosnian basketball player
• Ammar Habib (born 1967), Syrian footballer
• Ammar al-Hakim (born 1971), Iraqi politician
• Ammar Hassan (born 1976), Palestinian musician
• Amar Jaleel (born 1936), Pakistani writer
• Ammar Jemal (born 1987), Tunisian footballer
• Amar Lal, Pakistani politician
• Ammar Nakshawani (born 1981), Islamic lecturer
• Amar Osim (born 1967), Bosnian football coach
• Amar Ramasar (born 1981), American ballet dancer
• Ammar Rihawi (born 1975), Syrian football coach
• Ammar al-Saffar (born 1956), Iraqi politician
• Ammar Siamwalla (born 1939), Thai economist

Surname

• Ali Ammar (1930-1957), Algerian guerilla leader
• Ali Ammar (born 1956), Lebanese politician
• Ali Ammar, Canadian actor
• Michael Ammar (born 1956), American magician
• Sonia Ben Ammar (born 1999), Tunisian-French model and singer
• Tarak Ben Ammar (born 1949), Tunisian-French film producer

See also

• Amar (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Ammar
• Amar, Lorestan, or Ammar, a village in Iran