# Amadea (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amadea/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “love”, “goddess” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 140 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 140 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Amadea. From Latin amo (“love”) + dea (“goddess”).

## What it means

Amadea is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | 12,494 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10,865 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,518 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,317 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16,718 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,182 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,586 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12,981 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,057 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,238 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,577 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,452 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,560 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,586 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,491 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- German: Amadea
- Latin: Amadea

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.