Amyas
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Amyas is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “friend”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Amyas mean?
Latin
“friend”
A male given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Amyas a girl's or a boy's name?
Amyas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amyas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Amyas, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Amyas in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amyas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Amyas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Avyaan, Ayaan, Atharv, Advik, Vihaan, Krishiv, Arham, Shivansh, Ayansh, Ivaan, Avi
Names related to Amyas
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Amyas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amyas, updated 20 October 2026.