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Amos
Say it: AY-mus
Meaning
Hebrew Amos, usually read as 'carried, borne'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Puritan name, common in 18th- and 19th-century America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 34,416 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 863 boys
- 356 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Amos |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Amós |
| Italian | Amos |
| Portuguese | Amós |
| German | Amos |
| Hebrew | Amos |
Famous bearers
- Amos, prophet of the Book of Amos
- Amos Oz, Israeli writer
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.