Given name & surname
Amadeus
“loved by God”
Amadeus is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “loved by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “loved by God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amadeus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,720
- 1,720 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 154 babies
- 2025
- 103
- #1,634 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 103 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,634 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (21 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 985 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amadeus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Amadeus has a later derivative in Amadé. Amadeus has a related form in Amado. In Portuguese usage, Amadeus has a related form in Amadeo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amadeus has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
13 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Theophilusequivalent
- Theophilequivalent
- Amandusequivalent
- Bohumilequivalent
- Teofilequivalent
- Teofiloequivalent
- Theofilosequivalent
- Teófiloequivalent
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- БоголюбRussian
- Imadiyatborrowing · Malay
- AmédéeFrench
- Amadeuborrowing · Catalan, Portuguese
- Amadéderivative · Hungarian
- AmédéFrench
- Théophileequivalent
- Theofilequivalent
- Bogumilequivalent
- Theofielequivalent
- Bogumiłequivalent
- Bogomilequivalent
- Θεόφιλοςequivalent
- Teofilusequivalent
- Gotliebequivalent
- Amadioequivalent
- AmideuSicilian
- आमाडेअसMarathi
- AmadejSlovene
- AmedeuszPolish
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Amadeus
- Amadeus IX of SavoyDuke of Savoy and Blessed1435–1472
- Amadeus VII of SavoyCount of Savoy 1383-13911360–1391
- Amadeus VI of SavoyCount of Savoy 1343-13831334–1383
- Amadeus III of SavoyCount of Savoy from 1103 to 1148
- Amadeus V of SavoyCount of Savoy (1285–1323)
- Amadeus IV of SavoyCount of Savoy 1233–12531197–1253
- Amadeus II of SavoyCount of Maurienne1046–1080
- Amadeus I of Savoyearly count of the House of Savoy995
- Amadeus AbaHungarian oligarch in the Kingdom of Hungary (1240-1311)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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