Amon

Where Amon comes from

Amon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 664 BC
    Amon born
    King of Judah noted in 2 Kings 21:18
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #819
    6 babies named Amon — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1908
    Amon Göth born
    Austrian SS functionary, commandant of Plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Amon · King of Judah noted in 2 Kings 21:18, 664 BC–640 BC
  • Amon Göth · Austrian SS functionary, commandant of Plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal, 1908–1946
  • Amon Tobin · Brazilian musician, born 1972
  • Amon Ritter von Gregurich · Hungarian fencer, 1867–1915
  • Amon Simutowe · chess player, born 1982

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.