Given name
Amédée
“one who loves God, beloved of God”
Amédée is a masculine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amédée goes back to Latin Amadeus, meaning “one who loves God, beloved of God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Amédée’s family of names
In French usage, Amédée has a conventional equivalent in AMADOU. In French usage, Amédée has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Amadeo. In French usage, Amédée has a conventional equivalent in the German form Amadeus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amédée has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
11 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AmadeusEnglish, German
- AmadeoEsperanto, Spanish
- Theophilusequivalent
- Amadoubm
- Theophilequivalent
- Teofilequivalent
- Teofiloequivalent
- Theofilosequivalent
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- Gottliebequivalent
- BohumilCzech
- AmedeoItalian
- Bogomilequivalent
- Θεόφιλοςequivalent
- Teofilusequivalent
- Gotliebequivalent
- Amadioequivalent
- Teófiloequivalent
- Théophileequivalent
- Amadéequivalent
- Theofilequivalent
- Bogumilequivalent
- Theofielequivalent
- Amadejequivalent
- Bogumiłequivalent
- AmadeuPortuguese
- AmadeuszPolish
- AmadèuOccitan
- Amedeulij-MC
- Amedéofrp
People named Amédée
- Amédée OzenfantFrench painter (1886-1966)
- Amédée CourbetFrench admiral (1827–1885)
- Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-FargeauFrench entomologist (1770-1845)
- Amédée-François FrézierFrench scientist, spy and explorer (1682-1773)
- Amédée GrabSwiss priest and theologian (1930-2019)
- Amédée FournierOlympic track cyclist (1912–1992)
- Amédée GuilleminFrench science writer and journalist (1826–1893)
- Amédée BolléeFrench bellfounder and inventor (1844-1917)
- Amédée BorrelFrench biologist (1867–1936)
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