Amethyst

Amethyst: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “not intoxicated”
Origin: Greek
Say it: AM-uh-thist · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

From Greek amethystos, the name of the purple gemstone, literally 'not drunken'. It entered English as the gem name and is occasionally used as a modern given name.

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How popular is Amethyst?

202452.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Amethyst in 2024173

2024 rank#1,323 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18804,387

Amethyst is rising: use over the last five years is 3.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Amethyst

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Zoeylife · Greek

Amethyst questions

What does the name Amethyst mean?

Amethyst means "not intoxicated". It comes from Greek. From Greek amethystos, the name of the purple gemstone, literally 'not drunken'. It entered English as the gem name and is occasionally used as a modern given name.

Is Amethyst a boy or girl name?

Amethyst is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Amethyst?

173 US babies were named Amethyst in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Amethyst?

Amethyst is usually pronounced AM-uh-thist.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.