Amoura
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Meaning
variant of Amora (perhaps based on French amour), itself apparently a modern coinage from Latin amor, "love"
The story
Amoura is a variant of Amora, perhaps based on the French amour, says Behind the Name, and Amora itself is apparently a modern coinage from the Latin amor, "love". Every link in that chain is hedged, and honestly so: a young name, with each step of its assembly labeled by the source. The American record dates it cleanly: no published appearance before the 2000s, about 29 girls that decade, about 560 in the 2010s, and about 2,600 so far this decade. On the page, the French-styled u-spelling sets it apart from Amora at a glance. Love, in Latin, perhaps by way of French, coined recently by the source's own account: the material is ancient even when the name is not.
How popular is Amoura around the world?
In the United States, 2,639 babies were named Amoura between 2020 and 2025.
Amoura is on the official records of the United States and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 8,300
In the United States, 2,639 babies were named Amoura between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Amoura peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
1 in 34,000
In England and Wales, 17 girls named Amoura were born in 2025, ranked 1,719th 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
last on record 2022
Amoura is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
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)
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, 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 the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). 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 Amoura
Most people given the name Amoura 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.
The Amoura deep dive
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