Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Amed is a variant of Ahmed. An origin associated with Ahmed is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amed through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 98 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 10 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 boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 520 as a first name in 2020; 105 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amed
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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