Ammar (Name)

Ammar (transliteration: ʿAmmār, Arabic: عمّار) is an Arabic name for boys that means “one who lives a long life”¹, being the emphatic form of Aamir. Ammar also means “one who improves and repairs land”² and “one who performs the minor pilgrimage (ʿumrah) often.”³

Ammar may also be spelled Ammaar, Amar, Amaar and ‘Ammar.

There are 13 Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Ammar:

• Ammar bin Humaid عمار بن حميد
• Ammar bin Ziyad bin al-Sakn عمار بن زياد بن السكن
• Ammar bin Sa`d al-Quradhi عمار بن سعد القرظي
• Ammar bin Sa`d al-Tajibi عمار بن سعد التجيبي
• Ammar bin Abi Salamah bin Abdullah عمار بن أبي سلامة بن عبد الله
• Ammar bin Ikrimah عمار بن عكرمة
• Ammar bin Ubaid al-Khath`ami عمار بن عبيد الخثعمي
• Ammar bin Umair عمار بن عمير
• Ammar bin Ghailan bin Salamah al-Thaqafi عمار بن غيلان بن سلمة الثقفي
• Ammar bin Mu`adh bin Zurarah al-Ansari عمار بن معاذ بن زرارة الأنصاري
• Ammar bin Abi al-Yusr عمار بن أبي اليسر
• Ammar bin Yasir عمار بن ياسر

Below is the name Ammar written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Ammar written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Mukhtaar al-Sihaah by al-Razi (d. 1266 CE), entry for عمر.
2. Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE), entry for عمر.
3. Al-Majmoo` al-Mugheeth fi Gharibay al-Qur’aani wal Hadeeth by Abu Musa al-Madeeni (d. 1185 CE), entry for عمر.