Given name
Amyas
“one who is loved”
Amyas is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “one who is loved.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is loved.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In English usage, Amyas is a masculine form of Amy.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amyas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 122
- 122 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,959 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,959 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2019.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amyas’s family of names
In English usage, Amyas is a masculine form of Amy. Amyas has a related form in Amias. Amyas has a related form in Amias.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amyas
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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