Given name & surname · also Latin
Amata
“loved, beloved”
Amata is a feminine given name from Latin, meaning “loved, beloved.” It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Spanish naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 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.
Amata’s family of names
In French usage, Amata has a related form in Aimée. In Latin usage, Amata has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Aimée. Amata has a related form in Amatah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 Amata
- Amata Kabuaformer President of the Marshall Islands (1928-1996)
- Amata Coleman RadewagenAmerican Samoan politician (born 1947)
- Amata of AssisiPoor Clare1199–1250
- Amata GiramataRwandan poet and activistborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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