Amos

Where Amos comes from

From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Amos
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 814 BC
    Amos born
    8th-century BCE Israelite biblical prophet, Christian saint, traditionally linked to the Book of Amos
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #105 among boys with 128 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1939
    Amos Oz born
    Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Amos Oz · Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual, 1939–2018
  • Amos · 8th-century BCE Israelite biblical prophet, Christian saint, traditionally linked to the Book of Amos, 814 BC–740 BC
  • Amos Bronson Alcott · American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer, 1799–1888
  • Amos Tversky · Israeli psychologist, 1937–1996
  • Amos Tutuola · Nigerian writer, 1920–1997

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.