Given name
Amzi
“strong”·“my strength”
Amzi is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאמצי
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Amzi means “strong” or “my strength.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Amzi is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'ames (אמץ), “to be or become strong.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Amzi appears in 1 Chronicles 6:46.
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Amzi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 26 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 11 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. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amzi’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Amzi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Azzan
“strong one” · “their strength”
>99% boys
Ahaziah
“Yah has grasped”
>99% boys
Abiram
“father of loftiness” · “(the) exalted one is (my) father”
>99% boys
Akan
“but perhaps twist”
>99% boys
Adbeel
“disciplined of God” · “miracle of God”
>99% boys
Abaddon
“destructive one” · “place of destruction”
>99% boys
Eldad
“God has loved” · “whom God loves”
>99% boys
Jaaziah
“Yah strengthens”
92% boys · 8% girls