Given name & surname
Amada
“one who is loved by all”
Amada is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is loved by all.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is loved by all.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,533
- 0 boys · 2,533 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,522 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,522 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 2019. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,009 as a first name in 2020; 153 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amada’s family of names
Amada has a related form in Amadea. Amada has a related form in Amadita. In Occitan usage, Amada has a conventional equivalent in the French form Aimée.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amada
- Amada GarcíaGalician communist activist murdered by Francoists (1911–1938)
- Amada López MenesesSpanish historian from Asturias1906–1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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