Definition of "Amber"

The youngest daughter of the Marchioness of Summerdown had one of these quaint, pretty names - Amber! - and what a pretty creature she was!

1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")

And then she said softly, "Sarah - I think I'll name her Amber - for the colour of her father's eyes - "

1944, Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber, Chicago Review Press, published 2000, page 14

A bit raddled, maybe thirty, maybe older, tanned like a hitchhiker, dressed like a road protester, one of those older women still determinedly being a girl; all those eighties feministy still-political women were terribly interested in what Eve did. Hippie name. Amber. Ridiculous name.

2005, Ali Smith, The Accidental, Penguin, published 2006, page 64

Amber, the half, generally waltzed round our forwards, and when he secured he passed the ball on to Aspinall.

1901, Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud: A Public School Story, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2007, page 14