Amarilys
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-ma-REE-lis
- Origin
- Greek
Amarilys is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “sparkling”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Amarilys mean?
Greek: spelling of Amarilis, form of Amaryllis
“sparkling”
A variant of Amaryllis, a shepherdess in the pastoral poems of Theocritus and Virgil that later named the flower.
Is Amarilys a girl's or a boy's name?
Amarilys is a girls' name.
How popular is Amarilys in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Amarilys in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amarilys in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
Names like Amarilys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Alexis, Angelica, Alexandra, Alessandra, Amanda, Anastasia, Angelina, Alexia, Sophia, Alexandria, Genesis
Names related to Amarilys
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amarilys: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amarilys, updated 20 October 2026.