Ames

Where Ames comes from

From the clipping of Amy + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ames
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,273 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2020
    Peak, #1,694
    92 babies named Ames — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Amy.
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.