Amadis
Amadís de Gaula is a landmark chivalric romance first composed in Spain or Portugal. The narrative originates in the late post-Arthurian genre and was likely based on French sources.
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Meaning & Origin of Amadis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amadís de Gaula is a landmark chivalric romance first composed in Spain or Portugal. The narrative originates in the late post-Arthurian genre and was likely based on French sources.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Amadis
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Amadis as a girl name dates back to 2003, when 6 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Amadis — #10,805 in the national rankings. About 80% of every Amadis on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Amadis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 59 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Amadis as a boy name dates back to 2024, when 7 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Amadis — #9,864 in the national rankings. Amadis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Amadis
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Names that sound like Amadis
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About the name Amadis
Amadis is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 59 births in the dataset. Amadis's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #10,805. Use the chart and map above to compare Amadis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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