Amadeus is a boy's name of English origin meaning “love and god.” In 2024 it was given to 153 boys in the United States.
Amadeus at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“love and god”
Pronunciation
/ˌæməˈdeɪəs/
About the name Amadeus
Amadeus belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “love and god” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amadeus first appears in Social Security records in 1985. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1277 in 2024, and in 2024 153 babies received the name — 1,615 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.