Amyas Forename

1,075,395th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Amyas Forename Definition:

A male name. the etymology of this name is obscure. There was a m. name Amis (Latin Amisius) corresponding to the f. Amice (Latin Amisia) q.v., and there was also a French Amé (Latin Amatus), the name of a popular saint. The diminutive Amiot which occurs in England in the 12th and 13th C was probably formed from Amé or from the more common f.

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Amyas Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England
100%
201:2,780,14631,455
India
100%
191:63,940,9461,014,029
United States-131:27,887,460205,684
South Africa
100%
71:7,790,378138,656
Indonesia-41:64,490,917960,943
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
United Arab Emirates-11:7,151,99394,323
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Amyas Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. the etymology of this name is obscure. There was a m. name Amis (Latin Amisius) corresponding to the f. Amice (Latin Amisia) q.v., and there was also a French Amé (Latin Amatus), the name of a popular saint. The diminutive Amiot which occurs in England in the 12th and 13th C was probably formed from Amé or from the more common f. Amée (see Amy). Amyas or Amias may likewise be derived from Amé, though the formation is irregular. Amias is found as early as 1199 (Curia Regis Rolls) but was never common. Camden (1605) says ‘We do now use Amias for this (i.e. Aimé) in difference from Amie the woman’s name’. Kingsley’s use of it for the hero of Westward Ho! (1855) was doubtless responsible for the modern revival of the name. Amias has sometimes been misread in old records and printed Ananias.

Amias Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1213, Hundred Rolls 1273. Amiot, Amisius Curia Regis Rolls 1179.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Amyas Forename Popularity

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Hamoiya671/
Atmiash671/
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