Amora
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Meaning
apparently a modern coinage based on Latin amor, "love"
The story
Amora opens with an affectionate possibility: it is apparently a modern coinage from Latin amor, "love." In Portuguese, the same spelling also names berries, including those of the mulberry tree, through a different Latin word, mora. The affectionate name and the fruit word meet in sound, with separate histories behind them. That fruit has a lovely literary life in Brazil: Emicida’s first children’s book, Amoras, grew from his rap of the same title, with illustrations by Aldo Fabrini. The book’s young character is called Estela. In the orchard, the dark berries offer her a reflection: she recognizes her own Blackness in their color. The ordinary Portuguese word becomes the center of a child’s discovery, with the pleasure of fruit opening onto the pleasure of seeing herself.
How popular is Amora around the world?
In the United States, 5,700 babies were named Amora between 2020 and 2025.
Amora is on the official records of the United States, England and Wales, Canada, South Australia, Austria, Brazil and Argentina.
United States
1 in 3,800
In the United States, 5,700 babies were named Amora between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Amora peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
1 in 12,000
In England and Wales, 50 girls named Amora were born in 2025, the 733rd most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 13,000
In Canada, 29 girls named Amora were born in 2024, the 934th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Amora in 2017.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Austria
1 in 25,000
In Austria, 3 girls named Amora were born in 2025, ranked 1,026th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Brazil
1 in 83,000
At the 2022 census, 2,509 people in Brazil were named Amora, ranked 4,408th, with a median age of 4.
Among people named Amora living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 1,099 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Argentina
1 in 330,000
In Argentina, 2 newborns were given the name Amora in 2024.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Ireland
last on record 2024
Amora is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Amora
Most people given the name Amora in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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