Given name & surname
Amaro
“having great strength; a builder”
In English use, Amaro has a related form in Amari. One African interpretation is “having great strength; a builder.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Amaro has a related form in Amari. One African interpretation is “having great strength; a builder.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Amaro has a related form in Amari. An origin associated with Amari is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amaro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 209
- 209 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,221 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,221 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 418 as a first name in 2020; 11,424 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.
Amaro’s family of names
In Italian usage, Amaro has a later derivative in Amari. In French usage, Amaro has a conventional equivalent in the Friulian form Damâr. In English usage, Amaro has a related form in Amari.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amaro
- Amaro PargoSpanish corsair (1678–1747)
- Amaro AntunesPortuguese bicycle racerborn 1990
- Amaro MacedoBrazilian botanist (1914-2014)
- Amaro del Rosal DíazSpanish trade unionist (1904-1991)
- Amaro NetoBrazilian politicianborn 1976
- Amaro Viana BarbosaBrazilian association football player (1937-2010)
- Ajahn AmaroBritish Buddhist monkborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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