Given name & surname · also Old French
Amis
“friend”
Amis is a surname from Old French, ultimately from Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amis goes back to Latin amīcus, meaning “friend.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Amis comes from Old French, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French Amis, from Latin amīcus (“friend”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 5 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,465 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.
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