Amor: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “love”
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- uh-MOR · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Both (77% girls, 23% boys since 1880)
From Latin amor 'love', used directly as a word name in Spanish and Portuguese contexts. It appears in religious titles such as Nuestra Señora del Amor Hermoso.
How popular is Amor?
Babies named Amor in 2024227
2024 rank#1,434 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 18802,785
Amor is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Amor
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Amor questions
What does the name Amor mean?
Amor means "love". It comes from Latin. From Latin amor 'love', used directly as a word name in Spanish and Portuguese contexts. It appears in religious titles such as Nuestra Señora del Amor Hermoso.
Is Amor a boy or girl name?
Amor is used for both: about 77% of US babies named Amor since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Amor?
227 US babies were named Amor in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Amor?
Amor is usually pronounced uh-MOR.
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.