Amaryllis

Where Amaryllis comes from

The dictionaries list Amaryllis as a given name — a female given name from Latin or Ancient Greek — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1926
    First appearance
    #3,873 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Peak, #1,139
    45 babies named Amaryllis — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1931
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,941.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.