The first name Amata
A girl’s name from Latin meaning “loved”, “beloved”, “love”.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
Amata means “loved”, “beloved”, “love” in Latin.
From Latin amāta (“loved, beloved”); feminine perfect passive participle of amāre (“love”). It can also be interpreted as the feminine form of the saint's name Amātus.
More names that mean love.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Amata at birth, 1880–2025
In 2016, 6 girls born in the United States were named Amata, the 14,462nd most popular girls’ name that year.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Amata
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Amata KabuaFormer President of the Marshall Islands (1928-1996)
- Amata Coleman RadewagenAmerican Samoan politician (born 1947)
More Latin girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Amata mean?
- Amata means “loved”, “beloved”, “love” in Latin.
- What is the origin of the name Amata?
- From Latin amāta (“loved, beloved”); feminine perfect passive participle of amāre (“love”). It can also be interpreted as the feminine form of the saint's name Amātus.
- When was Amata most popular?
- 2016 in the United States, when 6 babies were named Amata, its highest rank at 14,462nd.