Amos: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AY-muhs · 2 syllables

Amos means “to carry; a burden”, from Hebrew.

From Biblical Hebrew (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).

How popular is Amos?

Amos was the #730 name in the US in 2025, given to 364 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1880.

Babies named Amos in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1880).

Half of US adults named Amos are older than 51; most are between 21 and 85. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Amos have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Amos means “to carry; a burden”. It comes from Hebrew.

Amos is pronounced AY-muhs.

Amos was the #730 name in the US in 2025, given to 364 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1880.

Half of US adults named Amos are older than 51. Most are between 21 and 85.