Amauris

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Amauris by the numbers

Amauris was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Amauris

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amauris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Amauriwork ruler; a form of Amalric117 in the US (2017)
  • Amaris336 in the US (2017)
  • Amaurywork ruler; a form of Amalric43 in the US (2017)
  • Amariusbeloved; masculine form of amara16 in the US (2017)
  • Amari2,058 in the US (2017)
  • Amarii54 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Amauris

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