Amyas
Where Amyas comes from
From Old French Amis, a given name and nickname, from Latin amīcus (“friend”). Later interpreted as a masculine form of Amy.
- Latin
Along the way
- 2002First appearance#10,667 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 2019Peak, #4,63921 babies named Amyas — more than any year before or since.
- 2022The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #9,823.
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.