Amparo is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning “protection.” In 2024 it was given to 5 girls in the United States.
Amparo at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Portuguese
Meaning
“protection”
About the name Amparo
Amparo belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “protection” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Amparo first appears in Social Security records in 1911. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #845 in 1928, and in 2024 5 babies received the name — 3,308 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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