Amadeus
Usually a boy's name
- Meaning
- Latin amare, 'to love', + deus, 'God': 'love God' or 'loved by God' Well attested
- Origin
- Latin
- Popularity
US 2025: #1634 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #4275
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.
Sources
- Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, A Dictionary of First Names (Oxford, 2006): Amadeus, Encyclopedia.com copy
- Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, A Dictionary of First Names (Oxford, 2006): Amadeus, Oxford Reference summary
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources: Amadeus
- Wiktionary: Amadeus
- Wikipedia: Amadeus (name)