Amadeus

Where Amadeus comes from

From Latin Amadeus, from Latin amo (“love”) + deus (“god”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Amadeus
  • Latin
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1985
    First appearance
    #3,805 among boys, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #1,275
    154 babies named Amadeus — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.